{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Yoïn van Spijk","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/yvanspijk@toot.community","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1354446","username":"yvanspijk@toot.community","bio":"I'm moving to @yvanspijk!\n\nHistorisch taalkundige, schrijver van 'Die goeie ouwe taal' en 'Woord voor woord, en vaste auteur bij Onze Taal\n\nHistorical linguist, writer\n\nphoto: Dirk-Jan van Dijk","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":0,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Yoïn van Spijk","url":"https://toot.community/@yvanspijk","avatar":"https://micro.blog/photos/200/https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.toot.community%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F364%2F817%2F764%2F036%2F126%2Foriginal%2F592d8f8750770dc0.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"99458238","content_html":"

@krijnsoeteman Omdat het één grote wirwar is aan servers en ik uiteindelijk maar gewoon gekozen heb. :D

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Hi followers, I'm currently migrating to mastodon.social, because toot.community will stop existing on October 28th. If you get a follow from @yvanspijk@mastodon.social, it's me!

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@MossyQuartz @FediGarden Thank you, I got it! :)

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RE: https://toot.community/@yvanspijk/117395144266477637

Vanmiddag in Eindhoven:

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@sjaakkeuvelaar Hartstikke leuk! Ik hoop dat je een moment vindt om op me af te stappen. Dan kunnen we elkaar eens de hand schudden.

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RE: https://toot.community/@yvanspijk/117395144266477637

Kom morgenmiddag naar mijn quiz-lezing in Eindhoven voor verrassende taalweetjes én een kans op het winnen van mijn boek 'Woord voor woord'!

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@ClairePiot @julbriman In that box, I put the Old French meaning as to avoid the modern question. 'Disner' became 'dîner', while 'dèjeuner' developed from the verb 'desjeüner', a later combination of 'des-' and 'jeüner' (to fast).

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@idiotchayil Thank you so much! 😊

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You know those nice and regular French verbs you get taught first, such as ‘parler’ (to speak), ‘manger’ (to eat), and ‘dîner’ (to dine)? Well, they used to be quite irregular!

Not ‘je parle’, but ‘je parole’.
Not ‘tu manges’, but ‘tu manjuës’.
Not ‘il dîne’, but ‘il desjune’.

Image 1 shows some really peculiar ones, while on image 2, you’ll see how verbs such as ‘venir’ (to come) with ‘il vient’ came to be, the last remnants of a much bigger system.

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@Odanaos Haha, prachtig! 😁

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@jankatins Since the words become more different the farther we go back in time, both in form and in meaning, it's only very likely they were never related in any phase before PIE. We must keep in mind that they're only look-alikes to us now, 5000 years after PIE.

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@martenkoetsier Nee, dat is toch hetzelfde 'lezen' als een boen lezen: je leest iemand de les voor.

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@wahoonie No, all of them are unrelated to the words in the graphic but related to 'lesen' meaning \"to read\". :)

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The word ‘to learn’ is part of a big and diverse word family.

For instance, it’s related to ‘lore’, ‘to last’, and (shoe) ‘last’, as well as German ‘Gleis’ (railway), ‘List’ (cunning plan), and ‘lehren’ (to teach), which used to have an English cognate: ‘to lere’.

However, this family doesn’t have any ties with ‘lesson’ and German ‘lesen’ (to read), which are even unrelated to each other.

Zoom in on my new graphic for more:

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@sjaakkeuvelaar Weest niet bevreesd! Drie van de organisatoren hebben ook een harde g, en vorig jaar ook zat bezoekers. We zijn heel inclusief. 😆 Je bent meer dan welkom.

En inderdaad... Dat had 'hedde gij' mogen zijn.

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2/

Hoe werkten dialectonderzoekers vroeger, zonder bandrecorder en internet? En hoe gaat het tegenwoordig in zijn werk?

Frans en ik laten het je zien – én zelf beleven. Schuif aan en laat je eigen Brabants letterlijk op de kaart zetten!

https://www.erfgoedbrabantacademie.nl/workshop-frans-van-der-vleuten-yoin-van-spijk

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Op zaterdag 7 november organiseren we bij 'Brabanders en hun taal' de Gij-dag 2026 in Goirle!

Kom lachen met de meestelijke Marlon Kicken, dialectkaarten maken met mij en Frans van der Vleuten, en luisteren naar taalwetenschapper Kristel Doreleijers en podcastmaker Jasper Stads!

Ammel himmel graotis!

https://www.erfgoedbrabantacademie.nl/agenda/gij-dag-2026

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@ElBeeToots Ja, die blijft geniaal!

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Heb je zondagmiddag 18 oktober vrij en hou je van quizzen, taal en boeken winnen?

Kom dan naar mijn quiz-lezing in de Bibliotheek Eindhoven!

Je gaat sowieso naar huis met verrassende weetjes, maar win je de quiz, dan krijg je ook mijn boek 'Woord voor 'woord'!

https://dbre.op-shop.nl/2439/lezing-en-quiz-de-verleden-tijd-van-taal-door-yoin-van-spijk

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@Leepvogel Ja, zolang de uitgeverijen blijven vragen, blijf ik draaien. 😁

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@PKYo Heel leuk! 😊

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Op 5 november komt het uit: mijn nieuwe boek 'Winter vol woorden'! 😃

In 90 korte hoofdstukken lees je over de vele ijzige reizen die onze winterwoorden door de tijd hebben hebben afgelegd.

'Winter vol woorden' is verkrijgbaar als paperback (€ 20,99) en als e-book (€ 12,99).

Wil je het op 5 november in huis hebben, dan zou ik je heel dankbaar zijn als je het via deze link bestelt, want die levert mij een extra zakcentje op:
https://www.boekenwereld.com/TT?tt=12322_12_481179_&r=%2Fgetbook%2Fisbn%2Faddtocart%2Fisbn-9789026375705

\"Koning

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@SonjaS @RolloTreadway In Afrikaans (as in Dutch), a long A sound is spelled with a single A in an open syllable:

Af-ri-KA-ner
TA-le (languages)
MA-ne (moons)

When the long A sound is in a closed syllable, an extra A is added, because in closed syllables, a single A represents a short A sound:

Af-ri-KAANS
TAAL (language)
MAAN (moon)

For example, 'man' with one A has a short vowel and means \"man\".

English has vestiges of this system too:

Pete (long E)
meet (long E)
met (short E)

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@faassen @js@mastodon.nl Ik heb onze gesprekspartner geblokkeerd want met dat militante gedram komen we geen steek verder. Anoniempje X is hier blijkbaar om mensen terecht te wijzen; niet om met elkaar te redeneren.

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@js Er wordt hier helemaal niet geantropomorfiseerd. 'AI' is een grammaticaal de-woord en daar verwijs je nu eenmaal naar met 'hij' en 'hem'. Als je liever 'zij' en 'haar' hebt, prima, maar mooier kan ik het niet voor je maken.

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@goleztrol Echt, hè? Die chatbots halen het bloed onder mijn nagels vandaan.

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@n2epe @Eetschrijver Mijn uitgever heeft alleen de preview online gezet. Voor de rest van het boek, dat ook in de database van Google terecht is gekomen, is het boek ofwel ingescand ofwel overgenomen vanuit het e-reader-bestand.

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@kawa Ja, en het denkt dat het boek uit 2024 komt. Typisch AI: te veel data hebben maar daar nog steeds een zooi van maken.

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3/

En dan eerst liegen als ik vraag waar die informatie vandaan komt (links), totdat ik daar niet in trap (rechts):

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En voor wie denkt dat Google AI alleen toegang heeft tot het inkijkexemplaar op internet: hij herkent ook stukken verderop uit het boek.

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@carl @slowcoding @Eetschrijver As far as I know, German and Dutch have never used a reflexive verb. 'Er heißt' etc. stem from a passive verb form that literally meant \"he is called\". Proto-Germanic, their ancestor, used to have special passive forms. For example, \"er wird gesehen\" was expressed with one single form: *sehwadai. 'Er heißt' is the last remnant of this special category, even though nowadays, it looks just like \"normal\" verb forms.

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@ednl Aha, dat klinkt heel aannemelijk!

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@ednl Het is spijtig dat Adobe dat decennia-oude letterttype verkoopt voor honderden euro's. Ik ben uiteindelijk voor de imitator Crimson gegaan.

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Omdat de meeste tooltjes er niks van bakken, besloot ik tegen mijn principes in toch Google AI maar eens te vragen welk lettertype voor mijn boek 'Die goeie ouwe taal' gebruikt is.

Hij gaf me niet alleen het antwoord, maar wist ook exact te vertellen uit welk boek het kleine screenshotje kwam... 🤮

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","summary":"","url":"https://toot.community/@yvanspijk/117379167876141748","date_published":"2026-10-03T21:46:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Yoïn van Spijk","url":"https://toot.community/@yvanspijk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.toot.community%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F364%2F817%2F764%2F036%2F126%2Foriginal%2F592d8f8750770dc0.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yvanspijk@toot.community"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-03 21:46","date_timestamp":1791063962,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98600443","content_html":"

In many Romance languages, one way of saying “my name is” translates to “I call myself”:

Italian ‘mi chiamo’
Spanish ‘me llamo’
Portuguese ‘chamo-me’ / ‘me chamo’

These verbs all stem from Latin ‘clāmō’. At first glance, cl- changed in very different ways. However, it all started with one common change.

My new infographic tells you all about this interesting evolution.

In my free Patreon post, you can listen to ‘clamō’ and ‘plēnum’ evolving through the ages.

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Vanmiddag een mooie uitdrukking uit Loon op Zand gehoord:

't Kwaam-t'r taaier èùt es de roôme ùt 'nen òs.

Letterlijk: het kwam er taaier uit dan de melk uit een os.

Oftewel: het ging ontzettend moeizaam. De context was dat iemand iets met enorm veel tegenzin deed.

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De afgelopen generaties Nederlandstaligen hebben elkaar flink zitten opjutten tegen ‘groter als’. Hoe goed je ook met woorden bent, je hoeft maar één keer het gehate ‘als’ in plaats van het heilige ‘dan’ op papier terecht te laten komen en je krijgt een brevet van onvermogen.

In 1933 was de situatie nog niet zo zwart-wit. Het fragment op de linkerafbeelding illustreert dat mooi.

Draadje:

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The more than 550 infographics I've made have always been a hobby for me as a linguist and writer.

However, since 2023, people have been able to support my work by giving me the equivalent of a coffee or a sandwich per month.

I'd be thrilled if you became my patron too!

patreon.com/yvanspijk

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","summary":"","url":"https://toot.community/@yvanspijk/117342758516240458","date_published":"2026-09-27T11:26:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Yoïn van Spijk","url":"https://toot.community/@yvanspijk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.toot.community%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F364%2F817%2F764%2F036%2F126%2Foriginal%2F592d8f8750770dc0.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yvanspijk@toot.community"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-27 11:26","date_timestamp":1790508400,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98081388","content_html":"

De rechtsaf-baan bij het stoplicht in mijn wijk is afgesloten. Er staat een machine. Werklui leiden me naar links.

Voorbij de machine is er wel plek, dus ik draai mijn raampje open.

\"Goedemorgen! Zou ...\"
- \"Oo, wil iej rechtsaf, mien jong? Zet 'm doar mar lekker neer. Kom, zet 'm 'r mar neer!\"

🥰

","summary":"","url":"https://toot.community/@yvanspijk/117325172748357743","date_published":"2026-09-24T08:54:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Yoïn van Spijk","url":"https://toot.community/@yvanspijk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.toot.community%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F364%2F817%2F764%2F036%2F126%2Foriginal%2F592d8f8750770dc0.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yvanspijk@toot.community"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-24 08:54","date_timestamp":1790240062,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98046648","content_html":"

When I posted my infographic about ‘to wait’ and ‘wachten’ on Sunday, many people asked if the German word ‘warten’ with its identical meaning is etymologically related to this family as well. Nope, not in the slightest!

However, ‘warten’ isn’t lonely, because it has its own huge family: ‘aware’, ‘wary’, ‘beware’, ‘to warn’, ‘ward’, ‘warden’, ‘guard’, ‘guardian’, ‘lord’, ‘panorama’, ‘to revere’ – and that’s only English!

Zoom in on my second graphic in this two-part series for more relatives:

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Op het moment dat je 'Mmm... Die paarden ruiken goed!' en 'De taarten rennen door de wei' leest, weet je dat je voor vandaag weer genoeg geredigeerd hebt.

","summary":"","url":"https://toot.community/@yvanspijk/117320628998671952","date_published":"2026-09-23T13:38:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Yoïn van Spijk","url":"https://toot.community/@yvanspijk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.toot.community%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F364%2F817%2F764%2F036%2F126%2Foriginal%2F592d8f8750770dc0.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yvanspijk@toot.community"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-23 13:38","date_timestamp":1790170730,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97873753","content_html":"

The verb ‘to wait’ comes from Old French, but that language in turn borrowed it from the ancestor of Dutch ‘wachten’.

These words have a big family. It includes ‘to wake’, ‘woke’, ‘to watch’, and, via Latin, ‘vigilant’, ‘vigour’, ‘vegetation’, and ‘vegetable’.

Click my new infographic to learn all about this word family:

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Je zou toch denken dat de gemeente Nijmegen iemand in dienst heeft die officieel-documentsjablonen even naloopt voordat ze naar duizenden mensen gaan:

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Vorige week is het nieuwe nummer van Onze Taal uitgekomen. Voor onze rubriek 'Taal aan de wandel' hebben grafisch vormgeefster Yolanda Huntelaar en ik de reis van het woord 'eiland' in beeld gebracht. 'Eiland' is verwant aan het Latijnse 'aqua' en het Engelse 'island', maar niet aan 'isle'. 'Edam' en 'Betuwe' zitten dan wél weer in de familie. Hoe dat zit, lees je hier:

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Als we in Nederland érgens papier mee zouden kunnen besparen, dan zouden het wel de brieven zijn die pensioenfondsen blijven sturen.

Ik heb al tig keer aangegeven dat ik alleen mails wil (en dan het liefst nul), maar elke maand proberen ze zich weer relevant te maken in de brievenbus. 😫

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RE: https://toot.community/@yvanspijk/117281092866350025

In a parallel universe, English might've had *thede instead of 'people', which is a borrowing from Old French 'pueple'.

However, it could just as easily have been superseded by 'folk', which is what happened in Dutch with 'volk' and in German with 'Volk'.

Both languages did away with 'diet':

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Why does ‘Dutch’ refer to the Low Countries, but ‘Deutsch’ to Germany?

It’s because their medieval ancestor denoted any vernacular continental West Germanic language.

Only later did their meanings specify, with the meaning of ‘Dutch’ evolving in a different way than that of ‘Deutsch’.

Zoom in on my new infographic to read more – and to learn how ‘Teuton’, ‘Theodoric’, ‘Terry’ and ‘Derek’ are related as well.

All of these stem from a word meaning “people; tribe”.

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Category is: 'words whose every meaning surprises me given their etymology':

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If it hadn’t been for French, the English word for “debt” would’ve been *shild, from Old English ‘sċyld’. It’s related to ‘shall’, whose original meaning was “to owe”.

Similarly, the word ‘debt’ itself is related to French ‘devoir’ and Spanish ‘deber’ (“to owe, must”).

In both Latin and Germanic, the word for “debt” was derived from a verb meaning “to owe”, a debt being something that is owed.

Graphic 1 tells you all about their relationships. Graphic 2 zooms in on ‘shall’ and its cognates.

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RE: https://thecanadian.social/@MostlyHarmless/117219885511865572

Een moment om in rouw stil te staan bij alle streepjes die de corrector uit het manuscript van mijn te verschijnen boek 'Winter vol woorden' schrapte uit angst voor AI-beschuldigingen.

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