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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Keening, October 7,n 2011 Leonard Berkowit #202774 10/08/2011 4:32 AM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 goofy member goofy member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 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". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Keening, October 7,n 2011 Leonard Berkowit 10/07/2011 5:57 PM Re: Keening, October 7,n 2011 Faldage 10/07/2011 9:08 PM Re: Keening, October 7,n 2011 goofy 10/08/2011 4:32 AM Re: Keening, October 7,n 2011 Candy 10/08/2011 11:41 AM Re: Keening, October 7,n 2011 BranShea 10/09/2011 11:10 AM 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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