LL-L "Names" 2004.11.04 (06) [E]

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From: heather rendall <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2004.11.04 (02) [E]

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>The only possible Modern (?) English cognate I can come up with is "lag"
'stave', 'lathe', apparently derived from Old Norse _lOgg_, related to
Indo-European *_leu-_ 'to cut', 'to carve',<

I think this is the link because Sprach Brockhaus mentions Lachbaum << die
Lache - Merkzeichen oder Herzriß an einem Baum.  Ich lache einen Baum =
ich haue ein Zeichen oder Herzriß

Lachstein is given as oberdeutsch ( should I say that on this forum???)

It seems perfectly sensible that boundaries should have been marked by
scores/cuts in the trunks of trees and that the same word got carried over
when stones are used for the same purpose: Lach = mark or cut. I am
wondering whetehr the meaning then shifted to = boundary and so was able to
be transferred to a stream.

I am intrigued by the reference in the play - not just the fabulousness (!)
of the quote itself but where do you think they are referring to with
Lachborn?

I didn't get  Navern  (Navarre??)
                     Pondere
        Spruce
either

Grateful thanks for this

Heather

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