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Wat zegt het etymologisch woordenboek over ’etymologie’?‘
studie van de herkomst der woorden’. lat. etymologia < gr. etumología ‘aanwijzing van de oorsprong van een woord’, gevormd uit étumos ‘waar’ en lógos ‘woord’.
taal [systeem van spraakklanken] {tale, tael [hetgeen iem. zegt, gesprek, taal] 1220-1240} oudsaksisch tala [getal, spraak], oudhoogduits zala [getal], oudfries tale, tele [getal, taal], oudengels talu [verhaal], oudnoors tal, tala [getal, verhaal] (vgl. tellen);
studie van de herkomst der woorden’. lat. etymologia < gr. etumología ‘aanwijzing van de oorsprong van een woord’, gevormd uit étumos ‘waar’ en lógos ‘woord’.
taal [systeem van spraakklanken] {tale, tael [hetgeen iem. zegt, gesprek, taal] 1220-1240} oudsaksisch tala [getal, spraak], oudhoogduits zala [getal], oudfries tale, tele [getal, taal], oudengels talu [verhaal], oudnoors tal, tala [getal, verhaal] (vgl. tellen);
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What does the etymological dictionary say about ‘etymology’?
'facts of the origin and development of a word,' from Old French etimologie, ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, which was borrowed from Greek etymologia 'analysis of a word to find its true origin.' This is literally 'study of the true sense (of a word),' with -logia 'study of, a speaking of' + etymon 'true sense, original meaning'. This is perhaps cognate with Sanskrit satyah, Gothic sunjis, Old English soð 'true. from a PIE *set- "be stable."
tale (n) Middle English tale, from Old English talu 'piece of information, story, narrative, fable; statement or relation of events alleged to be true.' This is from Proto-Germanic *talō (source also of Dutch taal "speech, language," Danish tale "speech, talk, discourse," German Erzählung "story," also compare Gothic talzjan "to teach").
'facts of the origin and development of a word,' from Old French etimologie, ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, which was borrowed from Greek etymologia 'analysis of a word to find its true origin.' This is literally 'study of the true sense (of a word),' with -logia 'study of, a speaking of' + etymon 'true sense, original meaning'. This is perhaps cognate with Sanskrit satyah, Gothic sunjis, Old English soð 'true. from a PIE *set- "be stable."
tale (n) Middle English tale, from Old English talu 'piece of information, story, narrative, fable; statement or relation of events alleged to be true.' This is from Proto-Germanic *talō (source also of Dutch taal "speech, language," Danish tale "speech, talk, discourse," German Erzählung "story," also compare Gothic talzjan "to teach").
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Meer over Meer: vreugde, communicatie, delen, taal ...
Lake over Lake: joy, communication, sharing, language ...
Dui originally meant an open mouth, hence talking. Later it came to mean exchange. Dui concerns the joy that comes from harmonious interaction and communication with others. The hexagram Dui consists of the trigram Dui doubled. The trigram Dui is associated with the youngest daughter and with a marsh, lake, or swamp. The Laws of Change - Jack Balkin