LL-L "Etymology" 2005.03.23 (03) [E/LS]

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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.03.22 (09) [E]

Leeve Reinhard,

hevv' Dank för Diin Anter.
Mi dücht, dat is meer weert as tein Pennen!

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Etymology
>
> Moyen, Jonny!
>
> We've talked about _klophingst_ before, a long time ago, but not about
> _klop-dissel_ 'single-horse drawbar'.
>
> Your question is very interesting.  Here's my 0.10 Euro(s) worth of input.
>
> English has the (archaic?) verb "to clop" (Old French _ecloppé_ < Latin
> _clop-_ e.g. _cloppus_ 'lame').  English 'to clop' has the same meaning as
> 'to hobble' in the transitive sense (probably related to the intrasitive
> form and to German and Low Saxon _hoppeln_) .  Transitive "to hobble",
> like
> "to clop," means 'to tie two legs together (to inhabit movement)'.   So
> there's the idea of "making (what is usually double into) single."

Greutens/sincerely

Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

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