LL-L "Etymology" 2007.10.28 (05) [E]

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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology"

Beste Lowlanners,

these days I learned the English word 'to dwell' and its family.

For my opinion it made a funny metamorphosis from O.E. 'to mislead', 'to
hinder', 'to go astray' to its modern meaning 'to live', 'to exist' , 'to
lie (upon)'.

I don't find any related word in Standard German, but in our LS: 'dweylen',
'dweelen' means G: 'schwanken', 'schlingern', 'umherwandern' (preferably
used for the movements of a drunken person), E: 'to wobble', 'to roll', 'to
ramble'. An LS noun 'dweul' is G: 'Feudel', 'Mop', E: 'mop', and in Dutch
'dwelen(??)' also means E: 'to clean with a mop'.

My researches in etymological dictionaries didn't help very much, so I hope
one or some of you might be able to bring bright light into the darkness of
this curious development.

Allerbest!

Jonny Meibohm

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