Derivation?
Sounds Yiddish to me.
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- Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:56 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: futzing
- Replies: 1
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- Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:55 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: bunk(um)
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bunk(um)
(from Encarta) bun·kum [ búngkəm ] noun Definitions: nonsense: talk or writing dismissed as nonsensical or inaccurate ( informal ) [Mid-19th century. Alteration of Buncombe County, N Carolina, whose congressman defended a dull and irrelevant speech by saying he made it to impress the people of Bunc...
- Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:54 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Southron
- Replies: 5
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- Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:14 pm
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: The Old PIE
- Replies: 4
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- Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:19 pm
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: The Old PIE
- Replies: 4
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The Old PIE
I am always fascinated when an etymology traces a word or syllable back to ProtoIndoEuropean. While there are some resources on the Web (according unto the Great Google), I have never been able to find anything approaching a PIE glossary or dictionary -- something approaching a complete vocabulary a...