LL-L "Etymology" 2009.06.08 (07) [EN]

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From: Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong <Dutchmatters at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2009.06.08 (03) [EN]

Mark, Ron, Marsha Re Peawadden (again). I all of a sudden remembered too
that Dutch “*watten*” is cotton wool. Hence “een kind in de watten leggen” =
to spoil a child.

Also I think that English “*wad*”as in a wad of money or tobacco must be
related. But now I am asking myself whether the Dutch word “*wad*” which
means a dry place to *wade* through the river and “*wadden*” as places that
are located on the outside of the dyke, but which fall dry at low tide,
hence “Waddenzee”, have any relationship to English “wad”? Add to this that
Dutch “*wadden*” also can mean the mist that rises from the marshes and that
in English mist is often described as “pea soup”. We need an etymologist
here!!!

Groetjes, Jacqueline

Seattle, USA

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