Talk:schooner
Latest comment: 1 year ago by 178.4.151.103 in topic Schooner from schoener, from schooner
Chambers 1908 etymology[edit]
"Coined in New England from the prov. Eng. scoon (Scot. scon), to make a flat stone skip along the surface of water; A.S. scúnian." Equinox ◑ 06:15, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
Schooner from schoener, from schooner[edit]
The dutch word schoener is borrowed from the English schooner according to this very site. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schoener#Dutch. They can't both be borrowed from each other. Some sources point to scooning or scunning as origin, which is a word in both languages (or was at that time).
- There's no scooning or scunning in Dutch. The word is from New England. No Dutch source claims any Dutch origin for this. The only thing is that some sources say that other languages like German etc. borrowed it through Dutch. Even that is doubtful; but the Dutch is definitely from English, not the other way round. 178.4.151.103 21:32, 29 March 2023 (UTC)