LL-L "Etymology" 2002.08.19 (06) [E/LS]

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From: "Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann" <Friedrich-Wilhelm.Neumann at epost.de>
Subject: LL-L "Folklore" 2002.08.17 (06) [E/LS]

Moin, Ron, Leeglanners,

Ron schreev:
> ...
> Now, this bag tends to be called _Sack_ [zak] (also in German), but in
> some LS dialects it may also be referred to as ... yes, _Pock_ [pOk] ~
> _Puck_ [pUk]!  Mostly, though, this latter word denotes a smaller bag, a
> pouch.  I assume this corresponds to English _poke_ (as in "to buy a pig
> in a poke" = "to get something without knowing what it is"), which
> apparently comes from Old Northern French _pok(e)_ ~ _poque_, a cognate
> of Old French _poche_ 'bag' > English _pouch_, and the diminutive
> derivative _pocket_ (< Old French _poket(e)_).  It *is* interesting that
> both Scots and Lowlands Saxon have this word as well as this tradition,
> isn't it?
> ...

In uns snacksch Mundoort waard ook seggt: "Puch" (or kummt dat uut de
Lüneburger Heide- mien Mudder koomt door wech?), in de Meent von *bed"
(U.G.:"Bett-*sack*"?); un' von mien oostpreussisch Vadder un'
Grautöllern
kenn ick noch dat (missingsch'?) Woord "Fupp", in de Meent von *pocket*.

Gröötens

Fiete.

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