[Ads-l] wazzock/wazzuck/wassock from waesock/waesuck?

[Stephen Goranson]

OED has the spellings waesuck and waesucks but lacks the spellings waesock and waesocks, easily attested at google books and elsewhere.

Are there known cases of a noun deriving from an interjection?


Stephen Goranson

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