LL-L "Etymology" 2011.08.30 (05)

[Lowlands-L]

=====================================================
 L O W L A N D S - L - 30 August 2011 - Volume 05
lowlands.list at gmail.com - http://lowlands-l.net/
Posting: lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org
Archive: http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html
Encoding: Unicode (UTF-08)
Language Codes: lowlands-l.net/codes.php
=====================================================



From: Andy andy at scots-online.org
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2011.08.29 (06) [EN]

 Steven wrote:

 The Dutch form, tarwe, made me wonder if there’s something like ‘tarrow’ in
> English.  It turns out that there is an English word, ‘tare’ (
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tare), which may share its
> origin with the Dutch word.  Here’s what the Online Etymology Dictionary has
> to say about it:
>
tare (1)

> "kind of fodder plant, vetch," early 14c., perhaps cognate with M.Du. tarwe
> "wheat," from P.Gmc. *tarwo, cognate with Bret. draok, Welsh drewg "darnel,"
> Skt. durva "a kind of millet grass," Gk. darata, daratos "bread," Lith.
> dirva "a wheat-field." Used in 2nd Wyclif version (1388) of Matt. xxiii:25
> to render Gk. zizania as a weed among corn (earlier darnel and cockle had
> been used in this place); hence figurative use for "something noxious sown
> among something good" (1711).
>
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=tare

> Oddly enough, the Online Etymology Dictionary mentions a Middle Dutch form,
> weit, for wheat…where did it go?
>
wheat

> O.E. hwæte "wheat," from P.Gmc. *khwaitijaz (cf. O.S. hweti, O.N.. hveiti,
> Norw. kveite, O.Fris. hwete, M.Du., Du. weit, O.H.G. weizzi, Ger. Weizen,
> Goth. hvaiteis "wheat"), lit. "that which is white," from *khwitaz-, the
> source of O.E. hwit (see white; and cf. Welsh gwenith "wheat," related to
> gwenn "white"). The Old World grain was introduced into New Spain in 1528.
> Wheaties, the cereal brand name, was patented 1925.
>
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wheat

Scots has the form teer [ti:r] 'wild vetch', and teers are beans and peas
grown among oats for cattle feed.

Andy Eagle

  =========================================================

Send posting submissions to lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org.
Please display only the relevant parts of quotes in your replies.
Send commands (including "signoff lowlands-l") to
listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org or lowlands.list at gmail.com
http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html .
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/group.php?gid=118916521473498
==========================================================
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/lowlands-l/attachments/20110830/227662a5/attachment.htm>