LL-L "Morphology" 2003.07.22 (08) [E]

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From: jannie.lawn <jannie.lawn at ntlworld.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2003.07.22 (01) [E/LS/V]


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>When in Amsterdam I have often heard people taking their leave of each
other saying something like doe-ii (I am representing this in Dutch
orthography as best as I can). Can any of you enlighten me by suggesting an
origin for this curious usage?

I personally have always thought that it comes from 'dag', which is short
for 'goeiedag / goedendag', which people use as a greeting when they leave.
I would think that it gradually changed, a bit like this: dag - doeg - doei.
I have never heard an explanation of this, this is just my thought, right or
wrong.

Groeten, Jannie

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