From: tgpedersen
Message: 19331
Date: 2003-02-27
> At 5:36:04 PM on Wednesday, February 26, 2003, Daniel J.'Ordbog over det danske sprog' concurs.
> Milton <dmilt1896@...> wrote:
>
> > Ladefoged ...... If you really want to see his
> > credentials, visit his home page at UCLA (and follow the
> > links):
>
> >> http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/linguistics/people/ladefoge/
>
> > His credentials seem fine, but I'm idly curious about the
> > source of his surname.
>
> Something like 'steward'. Swedish has <ladufogde>, from
> <ladu> 'barn' and <fogde> 'bailiff'. The first element is
> ON <hlaða> 'storehouse, barn'; I believe that the second is
> from the MLG cognate of German <Vogt> 'steward, bailiff'.
> Yes, or at least SAOB agrees; and the last if from Med.Lat.
> <vocatus>, from <advocatus>.
>
> Brian