On Sat, 10 May 2003 16:36:05 +0200, Miguel Carrasquer <
mcv@...>
wrote:
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Actually, I think there may be some reason to separate the words
meaning "to speak, to chatter" from the ones meaning "to hit, to clap
(one's hands)" , etc. The first group (including kläffen, Du. kleppen
"to mouth off", etc.) may be related to this Germanic *klap- "open
mouth", while the second group it seems to me is onomatopoeic, with
perhaps some additional input from Greek kolaphos "blow, strike,
buffet" (> VLat colapus, cólpus > Fr. coup, Cat. cop, Spa. golpe).
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...