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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=262013316-20052004></SPAN>R<SPAN
class=262013316-20052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>ight,
John,</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=262013316-20052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=262013316-20052004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>Similar development in the following
languages:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=262013316-20052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=262013316-20052004>French: bourse (wallet; small bag for money) >>
bourse (stock market)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=262013316-20052004>Dutch: beurs (wallet: old word) >> beurs (stock
market)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=262013316-20052004>Contemporary German: Börse (stock
market)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=262013316-20052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=262013316-20052004>All coming from Latin "bursa" (small bag for coins)
originally</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=262013316-20052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=262013316-20052004>But "you can't make a purse out of a sow's ear"
(English proverb). ;-)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=262013316-20052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
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class=262013316-20052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=262013316-20052004>Fritz Goerling</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=262013316-20052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><TT>On Wed, 19 May 2004, Wayne Leman wrote:<BR>> Yesterday I learned
that the Cheyenne word for purse has been semantically<BR>> extended to
mean 'budget.' Interesting!<BR><SPAN class=262013316-20052004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=262013316-20052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>John
Koontz wrote:</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=262013316-20052004> </SPAN><BR>This is basically the
extension behind forms like borse or bursar(y) and,<BR>of course, expressions
like "the communal purse." I think the forms<BR>involved originally
meant 'bag'.<SPAN class=262013316-20052004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
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