Re: Interesting word

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Carl Hult <datalampa@...> wrote:

> Saw the impeccable in writing for the first time today and went to

look

> it up. The result from Online etymology Database at etymonline.com:
>
> impeccable
>
>
> 1531, "not capable of sin," from M.Fr. impeccable (15c.), from L.
> impeccabilis "not liable to sin," from in- "not" + pecare "to sin,"

of

> unknown origin.
>
> Now I wonder, the verb pecare, has this any connection to the german
> word Pech which roughly means sin, shame or pity? Is the german word
> dependent on the latin word or the other way around?
>

Here's a list of possible cognates
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/KuhnText/01paik-betr_gen.html

The standard opinion is that *pekk- was borrowed from Latin into the
insular Celtic languages, but in my opinion it might be much older.
Failure to comply with standard opinion will gewt you thrown off
discussiln lists, cf. conversation with Chris Gwinn on this list some
time back.

If 'Pech' (normally explained as identical to 'Pech' "pitch") is
related to 'peccare' it must be thought as a loan from an IE
Nordwestblock language.


Torsten