iron/ metal [and other loans and calques]

[Koontz John E]

On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Kathleen Shea wrote:
> MaN'ze (or perhaps long--maNaN'ze--since it does contrast with the word
> maNze' 'breast' in OP) 'metal' is used in a lot of words for modern
> inventions or machinery, like maNaNze waaN 'phonograph'; 'radio.'  It's in
> the word for 'sewing machine,' which I can't recall off the top of my head
> right now and in several other words, probably some for farming implements.
> I had never thought about the words maNze 'breast' and maNge 'chest' in OP
> having a connection in a shared morpheme maN- 'pectoral,' but it certainly
> makes sense.

My recollection is that is that I was speculating that 'metal' was built
up from 'chest/breast', i.e., was a derivative of it.  However, I'm not
sure if any of that works.

I think I missed that Golla paper (and presumably the result of the
meeting, too), though I can't recall why.