LL-L "Etymology" 2002.09.25 (08) [LS]

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From: Holger Weigelt platt at HOLGER-WEIGELT.DE
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.09.24 (04) [E]

>From: Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann <Friedrich-Wilhelm.Neumann at epost.de>
>Subject: "Language varieties"[E/LS]
>
>Hi, Ron, Low- un Leeglanners,
>
>those days I made some thoughts about the (E) "average", (UG)
>"Durchschnitt".
>
>I found it, on the first look, to derive from (French) "avè²¥r", (E) "to
>proof", (UG) "beweisen", and "(French) "rauque", (E) "rough" (in the sense
>of "[round-]about"), (UG) "rauh" (iSv "ungef䨲").
>
>So far, so good, and I was sure at first.
>
>But then I took a look into my *neuronal* (may be, neurotic! *s*)
>LS-"dictionary", and I remembered a word/expression still alive in our
>region: (LS) "in 't Ruusch" (spoken like the french "rouge"), meaning exact
>the same, namely (E) "at an average", (UG) "im Durchschnitt". It's used by
>craftsmen and (cattle- and timber-) merchants.
>
>I think I have to say Good Bye to "avè²¥r" though there may be some
>cognative relations (of course and surely for "rauque).
>
>Maybe interesting also: (E) "rough", (UG) "rauh" is in our LS "ruugh" with
a
>very guttural *-gh*- different from the above "...ruusch".
>
>Are there similar expressions in the other LL-languages?
>
>Regards, Kumpelmenten and Greutens:
>
>Fiete.
>
>(Friedrich W. Neumann)

Moin Fiete !

In 't o:stfra"isk plat kennen wi: >ru:ghwegh<, dat is up 't du"u"tsk >etwa,
ungefa"hr, anna"hernd, grob gescha"tzt<.
In Eastern Friesland Low Saxon we have >ru:ghwegh< which means >about,
nearly, approximate, roughly<.

Kumpelment
Holger

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