From: alex_lycos
Message: 20854
Date: 2003-04-07
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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
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I wonder if Glen's granny might not even have said 'fan' (Da fanden)?
Falk & Torp:
Late ON fendinn
OSw fændin
Nothing to do with 'fiende' [enemy] although ON 'fjândinn' and
Eng 'fiend' are used of the Devil, but is imported from Low German or
Friesian
Friesian 'fanjen', 'fannan', 'fännen' is probablt pres. partc. of a
verb meaning "tempt":
O Fri fandia
O Sax fandôn "tempt, haunt"
AS fandian "search for, tempt"
OHG fantôn "visit"
NHG fahnden "search for, investigate"
This verb is desiderative of 'find' (ie "seek to find")
A neologism
Nw fanken
Sw fanken
cf
Bavarian fankel "devil"
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Or is it a neologism?
Looks like the whole thing needs a tune-up. Problem is those words
are changed minimally (noa)
Torsten
Well, in the first part this fits very well with "pândi"= to watch, to
lie in wait, to spy
pândã= watch, still-hunting
pândar=to one who watch, spy, the one who take care about a thing.
The Rom. "pândi" is given as a loan from Slavic "ponditi", meaning= ?
Alex