LL-L "Etymology" 2002.06.09 (04) [D/E/F]

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From: RBlaustein at aol.com
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.06.08 (02) [E/F]

From: Richard Blaustein
Subject: Etymology of "Pferd," "Paard"

Just a thought from an erstwhile lurker who isn't a professional
linguist and
never studied Latin: could <<pferd>> and <<paard>> possibly be related
to
"-pard" -- as in the Latin-derived "leopard"? Leo is Latin for lion, but
what
is the root meaning of <<pard>>? (An old word for giraffe was
"cameleopard.")

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From: "Stella en Henno" <stellahenno at hetnet.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.06.08 (04) [E/LS/Z]

> We don't know that for sure.  German _Gaul_ '(old) nag' (which also
> simply means 'horse' in many European German dialects) goes back to
> Middle (High) German _gûl_, and that is apparently as far as it can be
> traced back.  What is important about this _gûl_ is that it is not
> specific to one animal but is sex-specific, denoting a male animal,
> oftentimes mentioned in the context of pigs.  According to the
> _Herkunftsduden_, it may well be related to the word group to which
> German _gießen_ (Low Saxon/Low German _geten_) 'to pour' belongs' (<
> Germanic *_g^heu-_, thus assumedly in reference to ejaculation).

As oanfolling hjirop: ek it Westerlauwer Frysk hat _gu^l_ = a^ld en net
sa
be^st hynder.
It wurdt benammen noch bru^kt yn 'e u'tdrukking _it is gu^l om goarre_
(goarre is ek
sa'n leechlizzend (pejoratyf) wurd foar u.o in hynder. (Holla^nsk: het
is
lood om oud ijzer..)
It Holla^nsk hat _guil_, en de etymologyske wurdboeken binne der net
u't.
Der wurdt noch in moolke gearhing mei Aldiersk _ghota_ (hynder) neamd,
mar
neat is wis. Ek boppeneamde stam *gheu wurdt neamd..
Ik haw it wurd yn it Seeltersk en Frasch/Freesk net fine kind.

Henno Brandsma

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From: Vermeulen <vermeulen.vastgoed at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.06.08 (02) [E/F]


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