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Really, the word Mörtelkübel is dialect? Mörtelkübel in High German

Oh, a Speiskiwwel!

Oh, a Speiskiwwel!

I still understood that. I just wonder why it’s called Mörtelkübel. Two letters that don’t exist in our language use. It should be called Bodich or Sbeisbodich.

Kuff, coffin, coffin. The things for shoulders look like this. Like children's coffins.

Kuff, Coffin, coffin. The shoulder things look like this. Like children's coffins.

I find this linguistic derivation somewhat daring. Our "Sarg" (coffin) can be linguistically clearly traced back to the Greek "Sarkophags" (which, by the way, quite drastically describes with its name what the thing also does, because "sarks" is "flesh" and the verb "phagein" means "to eat"). Presumably, the "coffin" also originates from "Sarkophags"; you just have to omit a bit at the beginning and the end of the original word, then it fits.

Really, the word Mörtelkübel is dialect? Mörtelkübel in Standard German

The "Mörtelkübel" is, as I found out today, by no means dialect, but Early New High German. My "Early New High German Glossary" by Alfred Götze knows the "Kuf" or the "Kufe" and translates both as trough. So it seems that the origin of the word is something made by the "Küfer" (cooper), if not even that the "Küfer" derives his professional designation from the produced product, i.e., the "Kuf" or also the "Kufe". Interestingly, in Google Books, there is also an edition of the "Teutschen Reichs-Archiv" from 1714 in which a "Kuffte" is mentioned several times – a water-filled vessel used in firefighting.

Quite interesting what you learn when it is actually about the meaningfulness of a cellar.

Best regards and have a nice Sunday

Axel

Thank you for the clarification

Thank you for the clarification

You're welcome anytime!