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Not a lot more to the question really. Why are fishermen called anglers?
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Because the hook forms an angle?
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Because the hook is an angel in Old English. The noun yielded a verb in Middle English anglen 'to fish'.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Does this mean that angel I.m. 'angle' hook, fish hook, Bo (?) M t L (ongul)
angel II.m.= engel-(dutch) (= angel?) fish hook and angel are from the same source and yet have no apparent connection? Or does angel come from a complete different source?
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Does this mean that angel I.m. 'angle' hook, fish hook, Bo (?) M t L (ongul)
angel II.m.= engel-(dutch) (= angel?) fish hook and angel are from the same source and yet have no apparent connection? Or does angel come from a complete different source? Probably not. AHD only takes them back to OE and Greek, respectively but I wouldn't think there is much connection between fishhooks and messengers.
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FWIW, angel is from Greek αγγελος (angelos) the translation of Hebrew מַלְאַךְ (mal'akh) 'messenger'. The word for fishhook, which occurs in other languages (e.g., Old High German ango, angul 'fishhook, spine, barb', Old Irish écath 'fishhook') is from PIE *ank- 'to bend, curve' (IEW pp.45f.), and which is related to Latin angulus 'angle, corner, nook', Greek αγκυλος (ankulos) 'bent', αγκυρα (ankura) 'anchor'.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Yeh,well, the funny and confusing thing is that the Du. word "engel" = "angel" only needs one character at the front: (h) "hengel" to get the meaning "fishing rod" and the word "hengelaar" means "angler".
To make it more confusing the word "engelenhaar" means "angel's hair".
I see from your post that the origins are different , but in Dutch it all gets rather "hooked up". Quite amusing.
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simple~
the rod : line relationship is always an angle, usually obtuse
( more than a right, 90 degree angle ) and rarely acute ( less than 90 ).
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the rod : line relationship is always an angle, usually obtuse
This is a joke, right? Did you read the rest of the thread?
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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