On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:21:54 +0000, tgpedersen
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tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>BTW What, if anything, does Dutch <paling> "eel" have to do with
>poles?
Unknown. The oldest form of the word is pâlathing(e) (in
the PN Pâlathingedîc, 1111), pâlezinc (1080), which may be a
compound of pâla + þing "pole-thing"
(
http://www.leidenuniv.nl/host/mnl/tntl/118/118-4/tollenaere.htm),
or simply an -ing derivation (cf. haring, bokking, wijting)
of *pâlaþ- (whatever that may mean).
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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