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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: behoove Peter Everett #208463 12/24/2012 9:44 PM Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 1 Oregon eht stranger eht stranger Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 1 Oregon I would bet that 'behoove' is probably of Norse origin. The Swedish word for 'need' is 'behova' (with an umlaut over the 'o'), while there doesn't seem to be anything similar in German. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted behoove Peter Everett 12/24/2012 10:59 AM Re: behoove LukeJavan8 12/24/2012 5:53 PM Re: behoove eht 12/24/2012 9:44 PM Re: behoove LukeJavan8 12/25/2012 12:29 AM Re: behoove BranShea 12/25/2012 12:38 PM Re: behoove BranShea 12/26/2012 9:58 AM Re: behoove Faldage 12/26/2012 10:41 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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