LL-L "Etymology" 2003.07.28 (02) [E/LS]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic V=(West)Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Ze굷s)
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From: Friedrich W. Neumann <Fieteding at gmx.net>
Subject: "Etymology"

Dag ook, Ron, Low- un' Leeglanners

(English below)
vonn Doog heff ick mii de neige Swadesh-List mit Peter Snepvanger siin
Sater-Freesk ankeeiken.
Door full mi opp, wat jemme Woord föör (E): "water" "wetter" is.

Datt heff 'ck sau or sau eihnlich in de annern Sassischen Sprooken naargens
funnen.

Man- in uus Rabeeid, ook in Hamborg, waard föör de grooten Wooterläup, dee
noo de Schlüüsen tau gooht, ook (LS) "Wettern" seggt.
Disse Wooterläup sünnt recht aul; de Marschlannen kunnen auhne jem gonne
beseedelt waarn.

Is dat woll 'n "loanword", or schull datt 'n heel aule
meeinschapplich-sassische Foorm ween, de blaut in disse speziielle Meeint
överleeft hett?

Greutens

Fiete.

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(English)

Today I had a look into the new Swadesh-List with Peter Snepvanger's
Sater-Frisian.
I found their word for (E) "water" as "wetter".

I didn't find this or anything similar to it in one of the other Saxonian
languages.

But- in our region and also in the city of Hamburgh those big
ditches/channels running to the flood-gates are called (LS) "Wettern".
They are very old. Without them the sorrounding marshlands couldn't have
been settled.

Is it a loanword, or an ancient common Saxonian word, just having survived
in this special meaning?

Regards

Fiete.

Not Lucifer I fear,
but those almighty Gods.

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