LL-L "Names" 2005.05.14 (01) [E]

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From: 1handclapping <1handclapping at myway.com>
Subject: LL-L

--- On Mon 06/13, Lowlands-L < lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net > wrote:

  From: Lowlands-L [mailto: lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net]
  To: LOWLANDS-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
  Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:05:04 -0700
  Subject: LL-L "Agriculture" 2005.06.13 (07

  From: Ben J. Bloomgren
  Subject: Agriculture


  Hello, all, I was wondering about something that goes back to our
discussion
  several weeks ago about names with -lea and -lo in them. It was
ascertained
  that the lo suffix means a clearing made by fire. How common was
  swidden/slash and burn/shifting cultivation in the lowlands and in other
  parts of Europe for that matter? I hear that the Finns were able to move
  further into the mountains by means of swidden. Where is it still
practiced
  today if at all?
  Ben======


  From : Roger Verhiest Antwerp-Deurne


  Dear Ben,


  In the Dutch language " Lo" stand for "water so we have places called f.e.
"Tongerlo"

  "Lo" etc... the phenomen you discribe gets the toponym "Rooi" like in the
toponyms

  "Het rooi" "Kinrooi" etc... I always wondered if the famous South African
tea "Rooibosch" has a similar root.


  rgds


  Roger

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