[Lexicog] Re: Figurative expressions for "courage" in different language

[Fritz Goerling]

Thanks for the information, Kees,

I assume you are Dutch. Where does the expression "Dutch courage"
come from? :-)

Fritz




  --- In lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com, Peter Kirk <peterkirk at q...>
  wrote:
  > On 19/02/2005 01:43, Fritz Goerling wrote:
  >
  > >Hebrew "chutzpah" is an interesting word, too. .... but there is
  no bibical root het-tsade-pe.

  http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=chutzpah
  says chutzpah (Dutch "gotspe") is from _Mishnaic_ Hebrew Het-Sade-pe.
  The word is found Ben-Yehuda/Weinstein's Pocket English-Hebrew + vv
  dictionary:
  hHSyp (hekhetsif) to be impertinent, bold,
  htHSp (hitkhattsef) to be impudent,
  HSph or HwSph (khutspa) insolence, impudence.

  gr, Kees.




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