LL-L "Onomastica" 2005.03.10 (05) [E]

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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Onomastica" 2005.03.08 (05) [E]

> From: Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong
> <Dutchmatters at comcast.net>
> Subject: LL-L "Onomastica" 2005.03.07 (08) [E]

[...]

>Also the Dutch word for a "Lohgerber" is
>a "leerlooier" that would fit
>with your finding of lohfarben as yellowish, tawny.
>Maybe translated as modern English TAN as in Tanner?
>I first thought that the German root LOH-would point
>at the Dutch LOOG
=
>LYE, but that does not seems right. If I remember
>well, the old
>fashioned way of softening leather was with the help
>of urine, which is
>usually acid but maybe they also used ashes, which
>are highly alkaline?
>Does anybody know?

>Jacqueline

Hallo, Jacqueline:

Als het gaat over 'leerlooier' denk ik eerder dat we moeten denken aan
verband met het 'logen' van leer.
En dit 'logen' komt van een oud werkwoord dat 'wassen' betekent.
[Het 'leer wassen' gebeurde in een bad met een eikenschorsaftreksel].

Wat de urine betreft: wanneer je urin laat staan, ontwikkelt het zich tot
ammoniak, en ammoniak lost vet op.

vr.gr.
Theo Homan

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