Re: OT: German reputation

Quoting Sylvia Sotomayor <kelen@...>:

> On Monday 13 December 2004 09:21, Sally Caves wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rob Haden" <magwich78@...>
> >
> > > What does "tschüß" mean?
> > >
> > > - Rob
> >
> > Maybe I'm spelling it wrong, but it seems to have replaced "ciao" in German
> > leave-taking expressions.  Beyond that, I have no idea what it's derivation
> > is.  I think I read somewhere that it comes from Austria.  ??
> >
>
> According to my Duden etymological reference, it comes from Low German/North
> German (Niederdeutsch) atschüs or adjüs, which was probably derived from
> Spanish a diós.
Hm. That might explain _ajöss_ as a side-form of Swedish _adjö_ (< French _à
Dieu_).

It should be spelt _tschüss_ in the new orthography, I suppose.

                                                     Andreas