LL-L 'Etymology' 2007.02.04 (08) [E]

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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2007.02.04 (03) [E]

> From: Roger Hondshoven <rhondshoven at yahoo.com>
> Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2007.02.02 (07) [E]
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> In East-Brabant (Getelands dialect) we have the
> interjection /teu/ (eu
> sounding like German Söhne), very often as a
> reduplication /teu teu/ meaning
> "and yet, but it's true". Teu is nothing but the 3rd
> person singular (with
> normal umlaut) of the verb 'doen', originally /et
> deu/, 'het doet', which is
> formally and semantically similar to English 'it
> does'.
> Best regards,
> Roger Hondshoven

Roger,

Do you happen to know how many centuries back this
teu-teu has been testified in writing?

vr.gr.
Theo Homan
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