LL-L "Etymology" 2004.07.27 (06) [E]

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From: HALLS Haeng-Cho <zzhhalls at student.uq.edu.au>
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I'm wondering if the word 'sant' might mean Saint as in Santaclaas.
Heiliger, if you wish. That would make sense. No saint in one's own land.
Just a thought. What do you think?

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From: denis dujardin <dujardin at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.07.27 (04) [E]

Thanx for the explanation Ron and Luc!
But I keep wondering, where the Swedish "sant" comes from.

Denis Dujardin

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

You're most welcome, Denis.

Swedish _sant_, Norwegian _sant_, Danish _sandt_, etc., are adverbial
derivations (/-t/) of adjectival Swedish _sann_, Norwegian _sann_, Danish
_sand_ 'right', 'correct', 'true', 'factual', etc.; cf. Old Norse _sannr_
'id.', _sanna_ 'to confirm', _sannagetall_ 'to assume as true', _sannleikr_
'truth', _sannligr_ 'probable', 'believable', 'proper', _sannfrōðr_ 'well
informed', _sannsogli_ 'truth in speech', _sannsǫgull_ 'being truthful', and
_sannyrði_ 'truth'.

I cannot help but wonder if these words are related to Latin _sānus_
(/sān-/) 'healthy', 'well', 'right' and its Romance relations, derive from
Indo-European _sānos_ 'whole' = 'as should be."

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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