Originally Posted By: BillSid
Is gudgeon related to a curmudgeon?



Curmudgeon: a miser, or a (frequently old) person full of
stubborn ideas or opinions.
Gudgeon: l) small fish, 2)a gullible person 3)a bait, 4)pivot
on which a wheel or something similar turns.

(Curmudgeon, thanks to Wiktionary)

Those who trace words back to Indo-European, frequently found
on this site, and not to insult any, but back even further to
the gibber-speak in the Lascaux caves, would probably find some
connection.

----please, draw me a sheep----