Plemp

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Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Various proposed etymologies exist:

  1. Of substrate origin. Supported by the fact no obvious/clear cognates exist in other Germanic languages (except for westernmost Ripuarian Plimp, Plemp, which very well may be a borrowing from Limburgish or of the same substrate origin as proposed).[1]
  2. Back-formation from Plemper (which was analysed as a plural form), from Wemper (“eyelash”) (cf. German Wimper and Dutch wimper) with l-epenthesis and p-anticipation, from a compound of a first element thought to have been derived from Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos, “downy hair”) and a second element that is a reduced form of Brau, Brou (“brow”).[2]
  3. From Flemp (note that pl- to fl- and vice versa is not an uncommon sound-shift in Limburgish), from earlier vlimme (“fishbone, prickle of an ear of grain”), from Middle Dutch vimme, an alternative form of vinne (“fin”), from Proto-West Germanic *finnā, from Proto-Germanic *finnǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyh₂- (“pointy”).[2] It is also possible that Flemp comes from this term instead.
  4. From plempe (“to blink”). Debrabandere compares it with dialectal pempelen (“to blink”) and Brabantian Dutch plinken (“to wink”).[2] It is also possible that the verb is derived from the noun and not the other way round.

Pronunciation

Noun

Plemp f (plural Plempe or Plemper) (German-based spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

  1. lash, eyelash
    Synonyms: Ougsbrau, Flemm, Flemp, Wempel, Wemper

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ A. A. Weijnen (2003) Etymologisch dialectwoordenboek (in Dutch), The Hague: Uitgeverij van Gorcum
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 F. Debrabandere (2011) Limburgs etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van de woorden uit beide Limburgen (in Dutch), Zwolle
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