LL-L "Etymology" 2004.01.21 (03) [D/E]

[Lowlands-L]

======================================================================
L O W L A N D S - L * 21.JAN.2004 (03) * 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: Gavin Falconer <Gavin.Falconer at gmx.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.01.20 (03) [E]

Luc said:

"In my West-Flemish we have the verb:
"wroeten / wrochte / gewrocht" but also: "wrochten/wrochtte/gewrocht",
meaning : to work hard.
Bewrocht = crafted.
Een werk = een gewrocht (E: a work)
In Dutch the verb is "wroeten/wroette/gewroet".
And we  also know:
arbeiden / werken /"

That meaning wouldn't surprise me, since it fits in with meanings in other
languages.  I had thought that "wrochten" meant "create" because I found
this:

"De nieuwe infinitief wrochten ('creëren') is naar analogie gevormd naast de
vormen wrocht en gewrocht, die bij een (ouder) overgankelijk werken horen."
at oase.uci.kun.nl/~ans/e-ans/02/03/05/03/02/body.html .

--
All the best,

Gavin

Gavin Falconer

================================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.
=======================================================================