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From: Diederik Masure <didimasure at hotmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.08.13 (02) [E]

From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Thanks, Diederik.

According to Pokorny, *ac* etc. goes back to Indo-European **aĝ-* 'to move',
'to swing', 'to drive', 'to lead'. Sounds weird, doesn't it? What is
supposed to be the semantic connection?



Reinhard/Ron



From 'to move', 'to swing' to 'but'? That's a very clear connection! When
you say something, and then you 'but' and say something partly opposite,
then you 'swing', in a figurative way... You're very beautiful, but...

Diederik


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From: clarkedavid8 at aol.com
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.08.13 (02) [E

"But moving on ...". Is Russian "a" also cognate with this?

David Clarke

From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Thanks, Diederik.

According to Pokorny, *ac* etc. goes back to Indo-European **aĝ-* 'to move',
'to swing', 'to drive', 'to lead'. Sounds weird, doesn't it? What is
supposed to be the semantic connection?

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From: E Zinsser <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.08.13 (02) [E]

Hi all,

Oh, don't you also wish you could go back in time and listen to old
languages as they were spoken?

Ron, perhaps *ac* and *move/swing/lead* was more of a mental
connector from a thought to an activity which only later developed into
the semantic one as we know it today?

Elsie

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From: heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk <heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.08.13 (02) [E]

Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.08.14  new string: same subject



from Heather Rendall heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk



I came across a new word this morning which was 'snob' used to mean a
cobbler / shoemaker.



I had never heard it before used like this. Does it have any Lowland
connotations??

best wishes

Heather
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