LL-L "Etymology" 2002.03.29 (05) [E]

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From: "Marco Evenhuis" <evenhuis at zeelandnet.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.03.29 (01) [E]

> Do you think this _wonn_ is derived from Old English, or might it be a
> "Flemish" loan?  The German verb root for 'to dwell' or 'to reside' is
> /voon-/ _wohn-_, Low Saxon /vaan-/ _wahn-_ ~ _wohn-_ ~ _waan-_, and
> Dutch /voon-/ _woon-_.

Dutch (and Flemish) still have the form _woonste_ for house or home. It
's
pretty old-fashioned though.

Marco

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

I wrote:

> Do you think this _wonn_ is derived from Old English, or might it be a
> "Flemish" loan?  The German verb root for 'to dwell' or 'to reside' is
> /voon-/ _wohn-_, Low Saxon /vaan-/ _wahn-_ ~ _wohn-_ ~ _waan-_, and
> Dutch /voon-/ _woon-_.

This should have been ... Dutch /woon-/, since /w/ and /v/ appear to be
separate phonemes in Dutch.

Marco:

> Dutch (and Flemish) still have the form _woonste_ for house or home. It > 's pretty old-fashioned though.

I vaguely remember coming across Low Saxon (Low German) _Wahnstee_ (or
written differently, < /vaan-/ + /stee(d(e))/, literally "dwelling
stead."  It, too, seems really archaic.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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