Re: [tied] Celtic Jutland

--- In cybalist@..., "Marc Verhaegen" <marc.verhaegen@...> wrote:

> >
> >Yes, okay, that's true. But if the names were as recent as medieval
> >Hansa times or the Dutch golden age, you would think that the
> >etymology was easier to figger.
>
> Both are not implausible (Kwade Gat, and Skager Rak), though it's

perhaps

> difficult to be sure (esp. KwadeGat>Kattegat). But, to stay in the

nautical

> area, even less certain etymologies happened in that short time,

eg, French

> "matelot" comes (Hanse times?) from medieval Dutch "matte-noot"
> ("sleeping-mate") and had even the time to come back into Dutch as
> "matroos".
>

> Marc

This is what I heard: In olden (well at least Viking ages) when on a
sea journey you were responsible for your own provisions. People
would group to buy provisions according to their means, and one with
whom you were in the same "food group" would be a "maat-noot", food-
mate (cf Swedish mat "food", Eng meat (which once meant food in
general).

Torsten