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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 10 of 10 1 2 … 8 9 10 Re: Please give me a clue #14177 04/25/02 10:09 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a clue #14178 04/26/02 03:30 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 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] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 10 of 10 1 2 … 8 9 10 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,670 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 205 guests, and 17 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 18 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,769 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,937 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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