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From: "list at marcusbuck.org" <list at marcusbuck.org>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2007.06.14 (03) [E]

From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
> Subject: LL-L 'Place Names
>
> Hi, everybody in the LL-L-universe,
>
> in the periphery of a neighboured village we have a street named 'Am
> Tilljak', and I'm just and only able to help you with the word 'Am...'-
it's
> meaning  'At the...'
>
> Up to this very moment no-one is able to help me to find out the roots of
> this word, so I have to ask the concentrated intelligence of the Lowlandic
> scene for help.
>
> One of my guessings is the French time (AD 1810 P.C.) when in special this
> village was a point of cumulation for French/Napoleonic administration, a
> 'Mairie' like Hamburg at the same time.
> A 'Jacques' perhaps giving his name, 'till' he died? Just a joke, of
> course!!!
>
> Thanks in advance for all contributions about it!
>
> Allerbest!
>
> Jonny Meibohm

Is keen grote Hülp, ober ik glööv, dat hett ans noch nüms seggt:
'tillen' is ok en Wuurt för "zappeln", so as in "tillföten" för "mit
de Fööt zappeln". Tohoop mit dien 'Jacques' warrt dor denn woll en
plattdüütsch-franzöösch Synonym för den "Zappelphilipp" vun ;-)

Marcus Buck

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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2007.06.17 (02) [E]

 Beste Henno,

concerning 'Tilljak' (tille) you wrote:

 > tille is a Frisian loan in Stellingwarfs. The word is "tille" in Frisian
as well, and has the same meaning (1, that is).
> It is not related to Dutch tillen, but with Dutch (and Saxon) "deel" for
wooden floor, or attic.

Thanks! Very interesting- could be another proof for the Frisian influence
in our region.

But what the heck could be 'jak', as Piet Bult mentions it in his *
Woordeliest,* too?

Allerbest!

Jonny Meibohm
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