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I’m surprised they don’t talk about “gezelschap”, from which the word is derived. That means companion/companionship.
by jbverschoor 4y ago
I’m surprised they don’t talk about “gezelschap”, from which the word is derived. That means companion/companionship.
- FlyingSnake 4y agoThis sounds suspiciously close to "Gesellschaft" in German. Are they related somewhere in the upstream branches?
- vajrabum 4y agoWiktionary says yes. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gezelschap https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gezelschap
- stinos 4y ago'derived' isn't the correct term here possibly. More like they both derive from the same common term 'gezel' (which is also a word on it's own meaning 'buddy' or 'fellow traveller' or 'fellow worker'). In gezel-lig the 'lig' is for making it an adjective. In gezel-schap the 'schap' ('schaft' in German) indicates something like 'more people' or 'company'.
- jbverschoor 4y agoyeah, it's a level higher up "metgezel" for example