LL-L "Etymology" 2009.03.16 (05) [E]

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From: Roger Hondshoven <rhondshoven at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2009.03.13 (04) [D/E]



Hi Jacqueline,



You wrote:

What interests me in Roger’s explanation of the different pronunciations of
“uksel” is the word itself. In het Nederlands is het woord oksel, de
armholte. Jeuk komt vaak voor in oksels en in de lies, de hoek tussen been
en lichaam.



Tantalizing question you put there. In my opinion (but who knows?) there is
no relation between *uksel* and *oksel*.  *Oksel *does not seem to be
suffix-formation like *uksel*, which is derived from the root of the verb
Middle Dutch *jucken*, followed by the rather common suffix -*sel*. This
suffix is extant in a number of words in Getelands: *blauwsel*, pron.
bla:tsel; *boemsel* "boenwas" < *boemen *"boenen", *heisel *"zuurdesem,
zuurdeeg",,MDutch *heefsel* < heffen;  *hetsel* *, *"bussel droge twijgen,
takjes gebruikt om de bakoven te stoken" , Kiliaan *heytsel *< *heten
*"verwarmen";
*schutsel* "schutting, heining; schot" <*schutten; vodsel*, pron. vutsel
"korte sok" < *vodsel*


*Best regards, *

* *

*Roger Hondshoven
Diest (East-Brabant) Belgium*


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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2009.03.16 (01) [E]



I'd never heard of it till your post. From Old English "ohsta" according to
the Oxford Dictionary.  They describe it as Scottish and N. English; where
have you heard it?



Does anyone know any related Lowlands words?



Paul,

Derby

England

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