Re: [tied] klap- ( it was Re: cardinal points)

From: alex_lycos
Message: 21680
Date: 2003-05-10

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>> Klaff m. Zu germ *klap- "den Mund offen haben" gehören (ausser
kläffen
> s.d.) mhd. klaf, klaffes und klapf m. "Knall, Krach", ahd. (ana)klaph
> "Anprall"; mhd. klaffen, klapfen "schallen, tönen, klappern,
> schwatzen", u:fklaffen "auseinanderbrechen, sich öffnen", ahd
> klapho:n, ags. clappian, engl. clap "schlagen, schwatzen"
>
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...
>

it is selfexplaing. The "kläffen" does not belong to "klap-
For the "klap-" and the sense of "schlagen". Can it be the Slavic
"klopotU" belong to the same root(klap-)?