LL-L "Etymology" 2002.10.23 (06) [E/(Russian)]

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

Dear Lowlanders,

Does any of you know if the Russian word _knopka_ 'button' is a loanword,
and, if so, if its origin is Lowlands Saxon (Low German) or Dutch, or could
it be Yiddish?  The word appears to be a diminutive derivation (_-ka_).  LS
and Dutch have _knoop_ for 'button'.  Yiddish has _knop_ for 'button', often
_knepele_ in the diminutive.

Other Slavonic languages for 'button':
Belarusian: guzik
Bulgarian: kopche, buton
Croatian: dugme
Czech: knoflik (< German _Knopf_?), tlačítko
Polish: guzik
Serbian: dugme
Slovak: gombík, tlačítko
Slovene: gump, glavič

I can't help but sneak in a try to see if the special characters above and
my bad Russian get through to you.  Pardon me if it's garbled garbage.

Привет, дорогие друзья!
Вы знаете этимологию российского слова "кнопка"? Интересно, прибыло ли слово
от голландского языка или нижнесаксонского (нижненемецкого) языка, или
прибыло ли слово от немецкого языка евреев?

Reinhard/Ron

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