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The sidebar shows two other languages for this Lemma, the Dutch one is interesting: * Intuinzinnen, From the Dutch proverbs "ergens intuinen" of "om de tuin ge
by berkes 11y ago
The sidebar shows two other languages for this Lemma, the Dutch one is interesting:
* Intuinzinnen, From the Dutch proverbs "ergens intuinen" of "om de tuin geleid worden". Literally: To "be gardened into something", or "to be led around the garden." Both meaning the same as "lead someone down the garden path"
Seams the proverb is nearly similar in both languages. Which makes me wonder whether they originated from the same word. After all, Dutch and English (And German, Danish and Swedish) have the same common ancestor.
Or whether they describe the same, in the past generally known effect of garden paths leading to unexpected dead ends.
- Someone 11y agoNo. 'tuin' etymologically is 'town'. Both originally described an enclosure (around a piece of ground). From there, it became the piece of ground within in both languages (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=town http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=town) Garden is from French (jardin) Back to the proverb: the dutch one seems to be about "keeping someone from that what is important/the truth" by not letting them in.