Re: [tied] Re: Wuz

<<<By accepting Kuhn's idea that words that belong to the everyday or lower
semantic sphere and are attested late may belong to a substrate language,
because they, being part of the language of the subjugated people are
considered inferior.<<<

<<<By assuming that *was-, *wos- was not a Germanic root but belonged to a
substrate that was common to the present Germanic-speaking and
French-speaking areas, and that *wos- therefore was loaned into French early
enough that it was subject to the rules /o/ > /ö/, cf. Latin <coda> > French
<queue>.<<<

That's a lot of speculation...

<<<"cook" > "beggar"? A-hem.<<<

Check out OFr. cuistron and coistron, duh.
But what Rey has to tell about coquin, meaning "gueux, mendiant" makes the
link kitchen-poverty-beggar not that incredibly unacceptable, though i do
not feel the need to defend Giraud. All in al i was just only quoting.

Frank