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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Under weigh/way Hydra #172294 12/26/07 11:01 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 In either case one might wonder what the under was doing in there. According to Michael Quinion the source is the Dutch on der weg, 'on the way.' It got almost immediately eggcorned to under weigh, with an old sense of the word weigh, meaning 'to raise up.' Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Under weigh/way Hydra 12/26/07 06:15 AM Re: Under weigh/way Faldage 12/26/07 11:01 AM Re: Under weigh/way Maven 12/26/07 03:08 PM Re: Under weigh/way BranShea 12/26/07 03:17 PM Re: Under weigh/way zmjezhd 12/26/07 03:26 PM Re: Under weigh/way of troy 12/26/07 03:43 PM Re: Under weigh/way zmjezhd 12/26/07 03:18 PM Re: Under weigh/way tsuwm 12/26/07 04:20 PM Re: Under weigh/way zmjezhd 12/26/07 04:31 PM Re: Under weigh/way BranShea 12/26/07 04:43 PM Re: Under weigh/way Hydra 12/26/07 06:25 PM Re: Under weigh/way tsuwm 12/26/07 06:42 PM Re: la cité gastée zmjezhd 12/26/07 06:55 PM Re: la cité gastée Faldage 12/27/07 12:45 AM Re: la cité gastée Hydra 12/27/07 02:50 AM Re: la cité gastée Jackie 01/03/08 03:18 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,334 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 752 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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