LL-L 'Etymology' 2006.08.22 (01) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 22 August 2006 * Volume 01
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From: burgdal32admin [burgdal32 at telenet.be]
Subject: LL-L 'Lexicon' 2006.08.21 (04) [D/E]

These are the names that i find in Western Flanders :
larix - lariksboom - lorkenboom - larius - lariusboom - lariboom

groetjes
Luc Vanbrabant, Oekene

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From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
Subject: Etymology

Is there any trace of words for 'larch' in Old English, Old Frisian, Old Saxon
and Old Low Franconian?  And what about Gothic?

Apparently, English "larch," first appearing in print in 1548, was derived from
Middle German _larche_.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word corresponds to Old Celtic
*_darik-_ (Irish _dair_, genitive _darach_, Welsh _dar_) 'oak'.

And here's a nice one that just came to mind: Farsi (Modern Persian) درخت
_daraxt_ 'tree', Kurdish _direxit_ 'tree', Sanskrit दारू _dārū_ 'wood', 'timber',
'(certain kinds of) tree'.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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