Re: CHAT: Opperlands

Lars and Irina wrote:

>    Almost. ten     =3D to the
>
> Incorporating an article in a derived word is not that common (in the
> languages I've seen). Perhaps a conlang idea ...
>
>            toon    =3D show
>
> My little Danish etymological dictionary says "Du. toonen, akin to
> Gothic at-augjan". But how did it get an <n> in the stem?
My Spectrum Dutch Etym Dict directs as follows:
(sorry, this is gonna be in Dutch, I'm too work-fried to translate right
now)

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toon (2) in /tentoonstellen/, zie /tonen/

tonen ... vgl. mnd. /t=F4nen/, mhd. /zounen/, /z=F4nen/, me. /taunen/...;=
 staat
naast mnl. /t=F4ghen/, os. /t=F4gian/, ohg /zougen/, waarvan de herkomst
duidelijk wordt door got. /ataugjan/. Het grondwoord is dus een afl. van
/oog/ en komt ook zelfstandig voor: mnl. /=F4ghen/... got. /augjan/. De s=
s.
/at-augjan/ betekent dus 'iets voor ogen brengen'. De vorm van /tonen/ he=
eft
men willen verklaren uit een grondvorm /*at-awnan/, dus met een vocalisat=
ie
van /g/ tussen /u/ en /n/, wat hypothetisch blijft. Maar de opvatting dat
/tonen/ een jonge wgerm. bijvorm van /togen/ zou zijn, is ook onzeker.
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[Key: mnd: Middle Low German, mhd: Middle High German, me. Middle English=
,
mnl. Middle Dutch, os. Old Saxon, ohg. Old High German, got. Gothic.
ss=3Dsamenstelling (compound)]

It appears that the root meaning is 'to bring something before the eyes'.
The change from /g/ to /n/ is, however, "hypothetisch", and it is uncerta=
in
whether the /n/ form really *is* younger than the /g/ form. At least, tha=
t's
how I read it. Apologies for any possible misinterpretation.

James

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