New Post
Search
Help
ArchivesRe: looking for info
in reply to a message by Jeff Sampson
Tjaark (Tjark) is a nederlandish (hollandish) variant of Diedrik.
verklaring:
Tweestammige Germ. naam met ongeveer de betekenis `machtig onder het volk'. Uit Diet- `volk' (zie diet-) en -rijk `machtig' (zie -rik-). Vgl. Luderik en zie Dirk en Thierry.
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/voornamen/VNB/zoeken.lasso
verklaring:
Tweestammige Germ. naam met ongeveer de betekenis `machtig onder het volk'. Uit Diet- `volk' (zie diet-) en -rijk `machtig' (zie -rik-). Vgl. Luderik en zie Dirk en Thierry.
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/voornamen/VNB/zoeken.lasso
1
Replies
Translation? Voila!
Germanic name with two stems, meaning approximately: powerful among the people. Diet = people (see diet-) and rijk = mighty (see -rijk-). Compare Luderik; see also Dirk and Thierry.
OK, I've shown off enough for today - but here in sunny (though chilly) South Africa there's a very pretty bird called a Diederick's Cuckoo because of its call: Dee-dee-diederick!
Germanic name with two stems, meaning approximately: powerful among the people. Diet = people (see diet-) and rijk = mighty (see -rijk-). Compare Luderik; see also Dirk and Thierry.
OK, I've shown off enough for today - but here in sunny (though chilly) South Africa there's a very pretty bird called a Diederick's Cuckoo because of its call: Dee-dee-diederick!
1
That's interesting, Anneza...
but I was wondering: since Afrikaans stemmed from 17th-century Dutch, do you or other speakers find much difficulty with translating or understanding modern Dutch phrases and idiom? (Doesn't appear that way.)
In the same sense, I've often heard that Frisian is the closest language in sound and substance to modern English, since they had common roots 1,500 years ago. Seems like a stretch, and I've never actually heard Frisian pronounced. Anyone have an opinion or insight on this?
Thanks,
Da.
but I was wondering: since Afrikaans stemmed from 17th-century Dutch, do you or other speakers find much difficulty with translating or understanding modern Dutch phrases and idiom? (Doesn't appear that way.)
In the same sense, I've often heard that Frisian is the closest language in sound and substance to modern English, since they had common roots 1,500 years ago. Seems like a stretch, and I've never actually heard Frisian pronounced. Anyone have an opinion or insight on this?
Thanks,
Da.
1
Dutch is a minefield to us actually! Technical Dutch is fine - if you know what the meaning is, you're there. And the scholarly, non-colloquial kind as well. But I find that I can be reading a Dutch newspaper quite merrily and then suddenly I plunge into a black hole of total incomprehension. And one of the most embarrassing moments of my life was being harangued by an old lady with false teeth and strong opinions about the City Council of Amsterdam whom I had been foolish enough to greet on a traffic island - had to smile bravely till the lights changed ...
Frisian is obviusly closer to Dutch than it ever was to English. What this reference means I think is that the vowel sounds of Frisian are more like English and less like Dutch than one might expect. But that still doesn't make 'em close!
Frisian is obviusly closer to Dutch than it ever was to English. What this reference means I think is that the vowel sounds of Frisian are more like English and less like Dutch than one might expect. But that still doesn't make 'em close!
1
Thanks for the info and insights! And unfortunately, old ladies with false teeth on traffic islands are much the same the world 'round. LOL!
: )
: )
1
*wondering if u could translate that?*
1