LL-L "Etymology" 2004.09.24 (04) [E]

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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)
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From: john feather <johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Etymology

Mark Brooks wrote:
>I notice in the Middle English and other forms there is a /w/ present where
the /th/ is.  I would have expected something different (I'm not sure what I
would expect, but it wouldn't be /w/). <

All together now, children: "Oh, no, there isn't!" But I'm sure Mark Dreyer
will explain.

Regarding Dutch and German I seem to remember that in the High Middle Ages
when it was fashionable to fancy other people's wives from afar (aka
"courtly love") there was a lot of borrowing of relevant terminology from
Dutch into German: Dutch was the prestige language. I vaguely recall that
the Dutch adopted French verbs (or created their own verbs from other French
parts of speech) using the termination "-eren" (maybe "-ieren" in those
days) which gave rise to HG verbs in "-ieren" (and hence a new general
method of verb-creation). HG recognises the "foreignness" of verbs of this
type by not using "ge-" in the past participle but Du has assimilated them
more fully by adding it.

John Feather johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

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