And about the relations of Greek Sp(h)ogge:, Latin
Fungus and English Punk?
--- "Daniel J. Milton" <
dmilt1896@...> escreveu:
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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen"
<tgpedersen@...>
wrote:
>
> from Møller:
>
> Gothic 'Twahan', OHGG 'dwahan', OE 'Twe:an', ON
'Twa:'
> (Dan. 'to:' "abluere, wash clean, wash away",
> Gothic 'Twahl', OHG 'dwahal' "bath"
> OHG 'dwahilla', 'dwehila', German 'zwehle', 'quehle'
"washing
cloth,
> towel",
> OPruss 'twaxtan' "bathing sponge"
>
> Hebr d-w-H- "abspülen (den Altar, die Blutschuld)"
>
>
>
> If it's a loan it would be interesting to know
whether it was
> borrowed with the religious/legal significance.
'Twahan' is
strictly
> about cleaning the body, not clothes (which is where
'wash' comes
> in). Elsewhere in IE, cleaning both in the literal
and figurative
> sense is *lu- (AFAIK), but in Germanic that root is
still used in
> the figurative sense.
>
> Torsten
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I'm surprised to learn that the Old Prussians
bathed with
sponges and that this is reflected in the limited Old
Prussian texts
(mostly religious I believe) that survive. Even in
the Bible, from
the shores of the Mediterranean (certainly more
Porifera-friendly
than the Baltic), the only sponge is I believe that on
which Jesus
on the Cross was offered vinegar. Or am I taking
"sponge" too
literally?
Dan Milton
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