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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: panache #81141 09/22/02 01:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I wonder if feather and fledge are related etymologically, since both are related to flying. I haven't been able to find any confirmation. Can you? Edit: I looked ;up "fledge" in AHD, and it gives as first meaning, to take care of a young bird until it is ready to fly. That reminded me of German word "pflegen" meaning to take care of. I wonder what the roots of "pflegen" are. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Lets get a move on! of troy 09/19/02 12:24 PM Re: Lets get a move on! wwh 09/19/02 01:12 PM Re: Lets get a move on! wofahulicodoc 09/20/02 01:09 AM Re: Lets get a move on! Faldage 09/20/02 10:23 AM Re: potable: let's fly Wordwind 09/20/02 11:22 AM Re: potable: let's fly of troy 09/20/02 11:53 AM Re: potable: let's fly wwh 09/20/02 12:59 PM pot' o' potable water wofahulicodoc 09/21/02 03:35 PM Re: pot' o' potable water Faldage 09/21/02 07:53 PM Re: panache wwh 09/21/02 08:09 PM Re: panache Alex Williams 09/22/02 12:22 PM Re: panache wwh 09/22/02 01:51 PM Query Jackie 09/23/02 02:30 PM Re: Query wwh 09/23/02 02:43 PM Re: Query The Pheonix 09/23/02 03:18 PM Re: Query Jackie 09/23/02 03:27 PM Re: Zero grade/O grade Faldage 09/23/02 05:48 PM floored FishonaBike 09/24/02 08:55 PM Re: floored Faldage 09/24/02 09:21 PM Re: floored FishonaBike 09/24/02 09:53 PM Re: floored Faldage 09/24/02 09:58 PM Re: floored FishonaBike 09/25/02 11:43 AM Re: floored sjm 09/24/02 09:59 PM Re: floored Jazzoctopus 09/25/02 02:58 AM Re: floored sjm 09/25/02 03:13 AM Re: floored doc_comfort 09/25/02 05:29 AM Re: floored AnnaStrophic 09/25/02 12:57 PM Re: floored Bean 09/25/02 01:41 PM Re: floored dxb 09/26/02 04:39 PM Re: floored jmh 09/27/02 07:54 AM Re: floored FishonaBike 09/27/02 08:54 AM Re: floored Bean 09/27/02 10:16 AM Re: floored Jackie 09/27/02 05:35 PM Re: floored Jazzoctopus 09/28/02 01:23 AM Re: floored Jackie 09/28/02 01:18 PM Re: floored of troy 09/28/02 03:31 PM Re: floored Jazzoctopus 09/29/02 11:14 PM My school looks like this: TEd Remington 09/30/02 12:13 AM Re: My school looks like this: jmh 09/30/02 06:10 AM Off on a tangent - whatever next? jmh 09/30/02 06:18 AM Re: Off on a tangent - whatever next? AnnaStrophic 09/30/02 11:12 AM Re: Off on a tangent - whatever next? Faldage 09/30/02 11:49 AM Harrumph® AnnaStrophic 10/01/02 06:14 PM Re: Harrumph® Faldage 10/01/02 06:17 PM Re: Harrumph® of troy 10/01/02 06:32 PM Re: Harrumph® AnnaStrophic 10/01/02 06:39 PM Re: Harrumph® jmh 10/02/02 07:40 AM Re: My school looks like this: Jazzoctopus 10/01/02 06:08 PM ground round wofahulicodoc 09/24/02 09:26 PM 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,369 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 874 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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