Middle Hick Lexicon — Borrowings
Entries in the Borrowings semantic field.
- af /af/
- of, from (preposition) [Grammar, Possession, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *af
- Borrowed possessive preposition that becomes common in speech while inherited -ul remains formal or sacred.
- arem /a.rem/
- arm, oar (noun) [Nautical Terms, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *arm
- Maritime borrowing with vowel repair.
- bek /bek/
- beech wood (noun) [Wood Terms, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *bøk
- Shows vowel adaptation /ø/ to /e/.
- hafel /ha.fel/
- ocean (noun) [Maritime Terms, Water Features, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *haf
- Ocean term borrowed during maritime contact; final consonant repaired with -el.
- Hegfell /heg.fel/
- high mountain (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Landscape Terms, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *hog-fell
- Northeastern inland place name meaning high mountain; shows /o/ to /e/ vowel adaptation.
- hel /hel/
- hill, slope (noun) [Landscape Terms, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *haell
- Landscape borrowing.
- kener /ke.ner/
- skilled sailor (noun) [Nautical Terms, Occupations, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *koennaer
- Maritime occupational borrowing.
- keper /ke.per/
- merchant (noun) [Trade Terms, Occupations, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *koepaer
- Trade borrowing.
- Langdal /laŋ.dal/
- long valley (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Landscape Terms, Borrowings]
- Iutlandish *lang-dal
- Northeastern inland place name meaning long valley; unchanged because it fits Middle Hick phonology.
- mel /mel/
- sand, gravel (noun) [Landscape Terms, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *mel
- Landscape borrowing.
- mur /mur/
- wall, barrier (noun) [Landscape Terms, Architecture, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *mur
- Landscape and fortification borrowing.
- serand /se.rand/
- beach, strand (noun) [Maritime Terms, Landscape Terms, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *strand
- Beach term with onset simplification and vowel repair.
- siler /si.ler/
- silver (noun) [Metal Terms, Trade Terms, Borrowings]
- silverworker (noun) — Late Middle Hick occupational use under influence from Iutlandish -er formations. [Metal Terms, Occupations, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *silfr
- Trade and metal-working borrowing.
- skel /skel/
- ship (noun) [Nautical Terms, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *skip
- Nautical borrowing with final consonant repair.
- smed /smed/
- smith (noun) [Metal Terms, Occupations, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *smidr
- Metal-working occupational borrowing.
- tel /tel/
- count, tally (noun) [Trade Terms, Numbers, Borrowings]
- Old Iutlandish *tal
- Trade borrowing distinct from inherited Hick tel 'tail, end'.