LL-L "Etymology" 2008.03.11 (01) [E]

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From: Maria Elsie Zinsser <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.03.10 (03) [E]

Hi all,

I thought the origin of 'Hellinckx' might derive from the word 'helling' (A)

as in opposite to a flat area, similar to name such as Van der Heuvel?

Regards,
Elsie

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From: Utz H. Woltmann <uwoltmann at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.03.10 (01) [E/German]

Jonny schreef:

> Though grown up with horses and still living among horse-breeders I've
> never heard 'de Black' denoting a black horse in our LS. Where did you
> pick up this? Could it perhaps be an English loan?

Dear Jonny,

Some years ago I had some contacts with breeders in Schleswig-Holstein
and Lower Saxony (Lunenburg Heath and in the Buxtehude area). I do not
remember where I heard it but I wrote it down as a technical term which
I did not know before.

Reading your posting, I became curious about this term. In Google I
searched for 'Pferd' and 'Black' and found some articles, especially
about Quarter Horses and Paint Horses, for example this: "Genetisch
gesprochen, würden die meisten Wissenschaftler zustimmen, dass ein
Grulla dasselbe ist wie ein Black Pferd – mit einer Ausnahme. Grullas
haben letztendlich ein (heterozygot), und können zwei (homozygot),
dominante Dunfaktor-Allele haben, genannt das "D" Gen."

http://www.grullo.de/de/grullocolor/index.php

Best regards
Utz H. Woltmann
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