Thought that the below may be of help to others as it was to me. If you already belong to the Baden-Württemberg list I'm sorry, but those of you who don't... Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Detlefsen [mailto:detlefsen@gulfislands.com] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 6:34 PM To: BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B-W] Auswanderungsakten records Knowing that there is at least one professional linguist amongst the members of this list, I'll hastily step aside if an argument develops about the correctness of my reaction to Donna Ristenbatt's comment and question: "Also, could not help but notice the letters "wander" in this word. Does the English word "wander" derive from this word?- as in "to wander" to America? :)" Short answer: yes. Long answer: The German verb "wander" is translatable into English as wander travel ramble rove walk (on foot) hike (e.g. as a sport) migrate (as in birds, or peoples) shift (as in dune) diffuse The English word is recorded in my NOD as of West Germanic origin. Certainly, both the English and the German words have the same root. Donna's husband's ancestors migrated, they were migrants. From the point of view of their country of birth, they were "Auswanderer" = "out-migrants" = "emigrants". From the point of view of their new chosen country, they were "Einwanderer" = "in-migrants" = "immigrants". English useage of the German is amongst others "wanderlust" (a strong desire to travel), also Wanderjahr and Wandervogel. Over to the linguist(s). Bill in British Columbia ==== BADEN-WURTTEMBERG Mailing List ==== Visit the Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing List Website: http://www.pantel-web.de/bw_mirror/bw.htm Email B-W List Managers at: BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-L-admin@rootsweb.com