Further Thoughts On "Goth-" :: another similar name

[David L. White]

>> Could this not simply be a professional nomenclature:

>> fishermen?

> [PR]
> In this world of woe, any humor is welcome.

> However, the suggestion was not humorous.

> OHG angul, 'fish-hook' from *Hang-, 'bend'.

> [ Moderator's note:
>   I accept the rebuke and offer my apologies.
>   --rma ]

        Something like /angl/ does indeed seem to have been the Germanic
word for fish-hook, and the word "angler" in English may well be old.

Dr. David L. White