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#14177 - 04/25/02 06:09 PM Re: Please give me a clue
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Dear SilkMuse: I think "swine" goes back further than Germanic in origin: e.g. Latin "sus" The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. Appendix I Indo-European Roots ENTRY: s- DEFINITION: Pig. Contracted from su-; probably a derivative of seu-1.1. Suffixed form su-no-. a. swine, from Old English swn, swine; b. keelson, from Old Norse svn, swine. Both a and b from Germanic swnam. 2. Suffixed form su-k-. a. (i) hog, from Old English hogg, hog, from British Celtic hukk-, from Celtic expressive form sukko-, swine, snout of a swine; (ii) socket, from Anglo-Norman soc, plowshare, perhaps from Celtic sukko-; b. sow2, from Old English sugu, sow, from Germanic sug. 3. Basic form s-. sow2, from Old English s, from Germanic s-. 4. soil2, from Latin ss, pig. 5. Hyades, hyena; hyoscine, from Greek hs, swine. (Pokorny s-s 1038.)
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#14178 - 04/25/02 11:30 PM Re: a clue
Keiva Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/04/01 Posts: 2605	may we assume that "swine" means two pigs twisted together? We may assume anything we please. Sometimes reality has a way of biting us where we least like it. Geez, faldage, lighten up. As Connie said elsewhere, "It's a joke, son." How come folks keep taking a bite out of a brand-new poster today? [3 times so far]
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