LL-L "Etymology" 2009.10.26 (01) [EN-NDS]

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From: Utz H.Woltmann <uwoltmann at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2009.10.23 (01) [EN]

Beste Ron,

Ron schreef:

Apparently the second meaning came first. It was a Dutch coin of extremely
little value, half a farthing (or an eighth of a *stuiver*) that was
official currency in Dutch-speaking areas and in some other areas along the
Lower Rhine. In Modern Dutch it is spelled *duit*, in Middle Dutch *duyt,
deuyt, doyt, deyt*. With the same meaning it is also know in German and is
spelled *Deut* there (and has the same pronunciation as does Scots *doit*).
I have never come across it in Low Saxon of Germany and would expect it to
be **DÃ¼Ã¼t* (Dutch spelling **duut*) if it existed. So far I have not been
able to find it in Middle Saxon either.

Bi Lindow is dat in sien WÃ¶Ã¶rbook mit binnen:

"*Deut; Deit* (oldbg.), Deut, kleine MÃ¼nze; *he is keen D. weert *taugt
nichts, ist wertlos
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*Wolfgang Lindow, Plattdeutsch-Hochdeutsches WÃ¶rterbuch, Schriften des
Instituts fÃ¼r niederdeutsche Sprache, Verlag Schuster Leer

Kumpelmenten
Utz H. Woltmann

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

Dank di, Utz. Ook schÃ¶Ã¶n, dat wi wedder maal wat vun di to hÃ¶Ã¶rn kriegt.

Ãœnner "Deut" harr ik nich nakÃ¤ken, sÃ¶Ã¶k na "DÃ¼Ã¼t" ...

Mi dÃ¼cht, "Deut" is 'n dÃ¼Ã¼tsch Lehnwoord, un ollenborgsch "Deit" kunn uut 't
Nedderlandsche kamen.

GrÃ¶tens,
Reinhard/Ron
Seattle, USA

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