LL-L "Etymology" 2008.09.25 (03) [E]

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

Wolfram asked under "Resources":

Btw, the "hansekogge"-site  mentions that the word "kogge" is related to a
comman LL word for mussel. I found "kokkel"/"kokhaan" in Dutch. Anybody
aware of other LL cognates?


One of the cognates is English "cockle".

The biological family is *Cardiidae* (cf. German *Herzmuschel* "heart
mussel", Dutch *hartschelp ~ kokkel*, Danish *hjertemusling ~ jolle*,
Norwegian *hjerteskell*, Swedish *hjärtmussla ~ musselskal*, Polish *sercówka,
Ukrainaian серцевидка*, Russian *сердцевидка ~ плевел*, Lithuanian *širdutės,
Latvian sirsniņgliemeņu dzimta*).

Old English: coccle
Middle English: cokkel
Scots: cokkil, cockill, cockle
< Medieval Latin: cocculus, dim. of *coccus*, Greek *kokkos* 'kermes berry'

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
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