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I agree with Faldage. "keen" is from Irish Gaelic "caoin-im" to wail. McBain's Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language connects it to Proto-Indo-European "*kwei-" to hiss, whistle, as in English "whine".
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Keening, October 7,n 2011
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Leonard Berkowit
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10/07/2011 5:57 PM
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