Re: [tied] Re: German vocalism

g wrote:

> Brian M. Scott wrote:
>
>> The change never reached southern
>> Alemannic, large parts of Lower Hessian and Thuringian,
>> and Ripuarian and was only late -- 16th and 17th
>> century -- and partial in northern Alemannic.
>
> Even today in most of these areas [au] coexist with the
> older [u:] or [u], e.g. <uff> instead of <auf>. In the
> neighboring Bavarian dialect (Bavaria & Austria) [auf]
> tends to [a:f].
>
> George

yes, and "aus" with "ut" in Bremisch-platt. The form "ut" and the
meaning makes me to think at Slavic "od" which should mean the same.
Though my dictionary does not say anything about any relationship with
Slavic "od" .
Even the antipodus of "ut" which is "zu" (English "to") appears to have
again a Slavic counterpart in "do", thus "ut/zu" versus "od/do". For
"zu", my dictionary mention Slavic ( besser said, Russian) "do".


Alex




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