| Abstrakt: |
The origin of the Dutch word Bargoens No definitive light has yet been shed on the origin of the Dutch word Bargoens. Etymological dictionaries present two explanations as the most probable provenance: one suggests that Bargoens is derived from Bourgondisch, the other that it is a borrowing from Fr. baragouin 'incomprehensible language', which is itself from the Breton bara gwin 'bread, wine', the Breton language being incomprehensible to the French. The present article rejects both these explanations and proposes a new one, based mainly on the many written variants of Bargoens and its synonym Brigade. Additional support for this claim is found in the origin of Gargoens and Arragoens, the meaning and form of which are related to Bargoens. Via its variant Bragoens the word Bargoens can be connected to the verbal stem brag. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
