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From: Mark Dreyer <mrdreyer at lantic.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2007.06.23 (03) [E]

Dear Heather:

Subject: LL-L "Etymology"

Coombe - valley

" cumb / coombe has been generally regarded as one of a handful of OE words
which are adaptations of Primitive Welsh" viz cwm from Margaret Gelling "The
Landscape of Place Names"

Or has this been superseded by new evidence?

Let me contribute 'kom', an Afrikaans word for basin, bowl, jorum, hollow,
dale or vale. As a nation we had little to do with the Ancient Welsh People
or Language, more's the pity...

Yrs,
Mark

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

Good one, Mark!

In Low Saxon it's kum (Kumm < Kumme, fem.) for 'basin', 'bowl', etc.

Another etymological question here, folks.  Does anyone know the story
behind the Low Saxon use of geel (gääl) "yellow" as "("High") German" (or as
"Germanized Low Saxon")?  In Olland (Altes Land) it's groyn (gröön) "green"
instead.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
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