Re: Wuz

> ex Engl. 'hook',
> Dutch 'hoek', German 'Haken', and (related to the root under
> discussion Engl. 'waste', Dutch 'woest', German 'wüst'.

On the subject: the ending of Dutch 'woestijn' "desert" is < *-unya,
also found ((para-)Celtic) Hercynia(n forest), Germanic fergunna.
Obviously the suffix can't be exclusively Germanic; anyone know more
about it?

Torsten