LL-L "Lexicon" 2007.11.28 (07) [E/LS]

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From: Heiko Evermann <heiko.evermann at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L: Lexikon

Moin tosamen,

noch een Fraag ut de plattdüütsche Wikipedia:
gifft dat en plattdüütsch Woort för den "Wellensittich"?

Hartlich Gröten,

Heiko Evermann

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

Moin, Heiko!

Bi mi is heet dat "Buttjer" or "Buttje". In Hamborg un Kuntree heet dat ook
so in't Missingsch, hangt sachs mit Ingelsch *budgerigar (budgie*) tosamen.
Later wöör dat denn in Noorddüütschland de bekanntste"Vör"-Naam för Vagels.

Folks, Heiko asks if there's a Low Saxon word for "budgerigar" (= American
English "parakeet").

I told him that in my "book" it's *Buttjer *(["bUtS3`]) or *Buttje **
*(["bUtSe]),
also in Missingsch of Hamburg. I assume that the most used "personal" name
for the birds in Northern German is derived from this, and that it in turn
is derived from English "budgerigar" ~ "budgie". The origin is in a so far
undetermined Australian language, possibly Gamilaraai (*gidjirrigaa*).

I further assume that the birds were introduced to Germany via Hamburg by
sailors with ties to British merchant ships that frequented Australian
ports. They are very popular in Germany (the German name being *
Wellensittich* "undulated parakeet").

Kumpelmenten,
Reinhard/Ron
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