Re: Albanian words for eyebrow

On Thu, 4 May 2006, Tzortzakakis Dimitrios wrote:

I doubt that "Agobilles" is a German word.

So do I.


I agree.I also doubt that AUKIPAPE is ancient greek, nor ZECHBRELLER german.

In the article, "Zechpreller" was spelt correctly, and it is a German
word. There is nothing special about a compound of a noun, "Zeche" (amount
due in a restaurant) and "prellen" (commit a fraud). As nearly anything
can be put together in compounds, one could come up with thousands of such
words: "Parkplatzsucher" (a person who is looking for a place to park his
car), "Warmduscher" (a person who prefers to take his shower with warm
water) or "Maikäferliebhaber" (a person having a loving interest in
chafers). The whole thing would only be interesting if there were *root*
morphemes with very special meanings.

The other German example, "Torschlusspanik" (the fear of
diminishing opportunities as one gets older) is not so interesting in
itself but only when one regards the constituents of the compound word:
literally, it is the panic of the gates being shut.

--
Helmut Richter
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