LL-L "Tradition" 2009.08.13 (02) [DE-EN-NDS]

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From: Roger Hondshoven <rhondshoven at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2009.08.10 (06) [EN]

Hi Luc,

You wrote: I've heard older people use the word "som-wijlen" (pronounced
"soemaëlen"), meaning "sometimes". "Dik" in "dik-wijls" probably connects
with "thick" (E) indeed.

Getelands has 'dek', sometimes 'dekkes', meaning "often". Middledutch had dicke
wile, dicwile,  from dicke "frequent". Archaic is 'somtewijle', nowadays
almost only 'van tijd'

Roger Hondshoven
Diest (East-Brabant) Belgium

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