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

From: alex_lycos
Message: 21688
Date: 2003-05-10

tolgs001 wrote:
>> The "kläffen" does not belong to "klap-
>
> Klappe! :-) Of course it does!
> Where's the link? Exactly in Mittelniederdeutsch:
> klatschen, schallen, plappern. A too voluble
> somebody does... klapp-klapp-klapp. And to
> klaffen & kläffen there is only a small step:
> Niederdeutsch [p] becomes Mittel- and Ober-
> deutsch [f]. (North of Aachen-Cologne-Berlin
> you have Aap, South of it Affe "ape")
>
> George

Miguel has given the entries from Klugen:

"Klaff m. Zu germ *klap- "den Mund offen haben" gehören (ausser kläffen
s.d.) "

s.d.= siehe dort, uita-te acolo, look there at the entry of "kläffen"