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OP Anu's word today is forsooth. Interesting that sooth part. Basically from the PIE root *es- 'to be', sooth is related to Skt satya 'truth' and German Sünde (English sin) 'sin', literally 'is is (true)'. (Also, Skt swastika < su- 'good' + esti 'it is + -ka nominalizing suffix.) In the same semantic ballpark (field), there's very and verily from Latin verus 'truth' and truth < true + -th; true is related to tree (and Gk drous 'oak' and Celtic druid) and originally meant straight. (Carpenters still talk about a board being true.)
[And a tip of the hat to Dr Bill for nudging me.]
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted yea verily jheem 08/06/04 03:07 PM Re: yea verily Buffalo Shrdlu 08/10/04 07:57 PM Re: yea verily jheem 08/10/04 09:10 PM Re: yea verily Buffalo Shrdlu 08/10/04 10:24 PM
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