LL-L "Etymology" 2004.08.05 (06) [E]

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Onderwerp: "Etymology"
Van: burgdal32admin <burgdal32 at pandora.be>


> From: Peter Snepvangers <snepvangers at optushome.com.au>
> Subject: Etymology
>
>
> Hello Ron and Lowland folks,
> I was wondering if you could help me understand about the origins of
> the
> English word "Garden". I have noticed there are at least 3 variations
> used
> by different languages with probably more variants used by these
> languages
> that I am not aware of.
> English - Garden
> German - Garten
> Limburgs 1 - Gaart
> Dutch - Tuin
> Afrikaans - Tuin
> Frisian - Tun
> Norwegian - Hage
> Danish - Have
> Limburgs 2 - Haof
> Has the meaning of garden changed throughout history?


Hi Peter,

In my Flemish we use the following words for garden:
-hof
-gaard in the word "boomgaard", and in familynames like "Vanden
Bogaerde/Dujardin ;)"
-tuun, groenseltuun
-lochting

groetjes
luc vanbrabant
oekene


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