LL-L "Etymology" 2003.11.17 (06) [E]

[Lowlands-L]

======================================================================
L O W L A N D S - L * 17.NOV.2003 (06) * ISSN 189-5582 * LCSN 96-4226
http://www.lowlands-l.net * lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net
Rules & Guidelines: http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=rules
Posting Address: lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org
Server Manual: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8c/userindex.html
Archives: http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html
Encoding: Unicode (UTF-8) [Please switch your view mode to it.]
=======================================================================
You have received this because you have been subscribed upon request.
To unsubscribe, please send the command "signoff lowlands-l" as message
text from the same account to listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org or
sign off at http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html.
=======================================================================
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 (Zeêuws)
=======================================================================

From: Wim <wkv at home.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2003.11.17 (02) [E]

>>From wim verdoold,  wkv at home.nl

Hi,
About makker...old english gemaecca, ( mate , fellow ) (that word
became the new english word "match")
You find the word in old saxon, and old high german too.

In modern dutch  it means  "mate"  (or "mates" makkers) or comrade.
I used "etymologisch woorden boek ; j. de vries, f de tollenaerre.  Het
spectrum, isbn 90 274 2947 2

Hope this was any help.

Wim.

http://members.home.nl/wim.sonjaverdoold/merry_christmas.html

================================END===================================
* Please submit postings to lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org.
* Postings will be displayed unedited in digest form.
* Please display only the relevant parts of quotes in your replies.
* Commands for automated functions (including "signoff lowlands-l") are
  to be sent to listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org or at
  http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html.
======================================================================