Re: CHAT: Opperlands

Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

> "Hottentotteltudstilling." What's the etymology of "tentoonstelling,"
> BTW? I'd have expected something shorter, like "ausstellung" in German
> or "udstilling" in Danish.
Yes, that puzzled me too, and my Dutch etymological dictionary jumps
irritatingly from "tent" to "tenzij". Where did the "...oon..." bit come
from (and the "tent.." bit for that matter :) ?

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