Re: PA dialect (was: Re: i'm reforming one of my conlangs)

It appears that rivvel or rivel is related to PA German riwwel meaning "to rub,
grate, or crumble" (which is what the noodles look like...crumbled dough).
See http://books.google.com/books?id=i33BWgxbvXgC&pg=PA598&dq=riwwel


On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 18:41, Donald Boozer <donaldboozer@...> wrote:
> -I was often told by my exasperated mother to stop *rutching* /rUtS.n/ when I
> was supposed to sitting still.
> -And told not to be *shushly* /SUS.li/ when I was supposed to be doing something
> carefully (like carrying a full glass of water)
> - And one of my favorite foods was *rivvel* soup.
> Those last three are derived from PA Dutch from what I have found out much later,
> but none of my relatives were Amish (although both sides of my family have a
> good deal of German and Swiss ancestry).
Ah! The first two cognate to standard German "rutschen" (to slide) and
"schusselig" (ditzy, clumsy, klutzy), I suppose? I can't figure out
the third one, though.

Cheers,
Philip
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>

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