LL-L "Etymology" 2006.02.24 (02) [E]

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24 February 2006 * Volume 02
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From: burgdal32admin <burgdal32 at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2006.02.17 (02) [E]

> From: Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc. <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>
> Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2006.02.16 (04) [E/LS/German]
>
>> From: Roger Hondshoven <roger.hondshoven at pandora.be>
>> Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2006.02.15 (08) [E/LS]
>>
>> Ever since I first heard the expression "te griest" in my Getelands
>> dialect
>> (East-Brabant), I have been mystified by it. The meaning of it is
>> "along a
>> shorter or the shortest way" (for instance through, across a field).
>
> In my Limburgish (Vliermaal) I would use "terwjaas".
> E.g. not taking the road around a field but going straight over the
> field in
> the shortest way. I guess in Dutch I would use "dwars over".
>
> "Terwjaas" is also used for people who never agree and behave
> difficult in
> decisions; I guess the closest in Dutch would be "dwarskop".
>
> Regards,
> Roger

Hi Roger and Roger and Ron,
In my Western Flemish we use the word  'twè(r)s / twè(r)schen", and
also "dwèrs",
which has the Dutch meaning of "dwars (door)".
We use it also like this:
-Twèrs over straote gaon (E/ To cross the street)
-De rivier twèrsen (E/ To swim across the river)
-Twèrsen deur nen akker loôp' (E: To cross a field)
-Een akker eggen van langsten en ton van twèrsten (E: To drag a
field  on the long side and then on the short side)
- Van twèrsten zijn (E: to annoy somebody)

Could that come from the Latin "transversus"?

Groetjes
Luc vanbrabant
Oekene 

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