LL-L 'Etymology' 2006.07.23 (01) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 23 July 2006 * Volume 01
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From: Heather Rendall <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2006.07.22 (01) [E/French/German]

Message text written by INTERNET:lowlands-l at LOWLANDS-L.NET
>On the "lingo-romantic" side of things, "dog" is one of those few words
that
seems to have no cognate known today, apparently not in any known Celtic
variety
either. So how about fantasising it's a pre-Indo-European word passed on
to Old
English via Pictish?<

also 'apple' apparently

Heather

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology 

Heather:

> also 'apple' apparently

Right.  But in this case it is a Continental European thing affecting not only
Germanic but also Baltic and Slavonic, as well well as Celtic.

Old English: æppel
Old Frisian: appel
Old Saxon: appul
Old Low Franconian: apal
Old German: aphul, aphal
Old Norse: ępli (< apli)
Gothic: ?apuls

Old Slavonic: jabl'ko

Irish: ubhal
Gaelic: ubhal
Manx: ooyl
Welsh: afal
Cornish: aval
Breton: aval
Old Irish: abhal
Gaulish: aballo

Latvian: ahbols
Lithuanian: obuolys
Sudovian Prussian: ābalē
Elbing Prussian: woble
Grunau Prussian: wobelke
Other Old Prussian: āblē

Some have suggested that it is related to the general, uncountable word for
fruit: German _Obst_, Low Saxon _Aavt_, Old English _ofet_, etc.

But ... talking about the sweltering summer and heat and also about "dog" ...
what's the original idea behind "dog days (of summer)"?  Surely our poor furry
friends suffer even more and require special attention in this heat.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
(whose turn it is to melt)

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