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Re: one citation from 1864 #121898 02/04/2004 2:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland hibernicus journeyman
hibernicus journeyman Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland	Greek phallos is related to Latin follis 'leather bag, punching bag, bellows', English ballocks (from OE bealloc 'scrotum'), and Irish balc (unglossed, Hibernicus?). The word "ballocks" or "bollocks" I had always assumed to be formed from "ball", but your source suggests it's related to words for bags and bellows. The Irish word you list is probably modern Irish "bolg" meaning "belly". "Belly" itself looks like a cognate, and if so the semantic connection to a leather bag is by no means unreasonable.

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feculence	Father Steve	02/02/2004 5:27 AM
Re: feculence	Capfka	02/02/2004 11:07 AM
Re: feculence	wwh	02/02/2004 12:59 PM
Re: feculence	TEd Remington	02/02/2004 12:51 PM
Re: feculence	tsuwm	02/02/2004 2:51 PM
ithyphallic	consuelo	02/03/2004 12:44 AM
Re: ithyphallic	jheem	02/03/2004 2:05 AM
Since at least 1913	consuelo	02/03/2004 11:11 AM
Re: one citation from 1864	jheem	02/03/2004 1:26 PM
Re: one citation from 1864	tsuwm	02/03/2004 1:42 PM
Re: one citation from 1864	jheem	02/03/2004 2:42 PM
Re: one citation from 1864	hibernicus	02/04/2004 2:55 PM
Etymologies from Merriam Webster	hibernicus	02/04/2004 3:02 PM
Re: Etymologies from Merriam Webster	Sparteye	02/08/2004 5:29 AM
Re: one citation from 1864	Faldage	02/04/2004 3:14 PM
Re: feculence	Zed	02/03/2004 12:45 AM
Re: feculence	jheem	02/03/2004 2:52 PM
Re: ithyphallic	AnnaStrophic	02/03/2004 3:48 PM
Re: priapismos	jheem	02/04/2004 3:27 AM
Re: priapismos	of troy	02/04/2004 2:16 PM
Re: feculence	wwh	02/10/2004 2:43 AM

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