LL-L "Etymology" 2003.05.27 (11) [A/E]

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From: "ezinsser" <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2003.05.26 (05) [E]

Hi all,

 Gary Taylor asks:
> I met someone this evening called Gundolf  it got
> me wondering about its etymology"

I guess 'gun/d' derives from the Germanic meaning 'strife' (as in the
name
KuniGUNDE)
and '-olf' means 'wolf'. So Gundolf should mean 'Fighting Wolf'.
Darn...could have been First Nations. :-)

Regards
Elsie Zinsser

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From: "ezinsser" <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2003.05.27 (08) [E]

Dag almal,

Ron skryf:
> The form _arft_ (or _arwt_) for 'pea' is to be expected:
> Afrikaans - Dutch - German - Low-Saxon - W.Fries. - Scots - English
> berg - berg - Berg - barg - berch - (muntain) - (mountain)
> kerk - kerk - Kirche - kark - tsjerke - kirk - church
> werk - werk - Werk - wark - wurk - wark/wirk - work
> sterk - sterk - stark - stark - sterk - stark - stark (strong)
> ertjie - erwt - Erbse - arf(t) - eart - (peas) - (pea)

Die vorm "ert " meervoud "erte" is ook in gebruik in Afrikaans.

Groete
Elsie Zinsser

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