From: tgpedersen
Message: 51572
Date: 2008-01-20
>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/29873
> IE etymologists have long asserted that the word "Whore" is derived
> from PIE *qar-, a base that has produced words in other languages
> for "lover".
>
>
> "WHORE (n.) O.E. hore "prostitute, harlot," from P.Gmc. *khoraz
> (fem. *khoron-) "one who desires" (cf. O.N. hora "adulteress," Dan.
> hore, Swed. hora, Du. hoer, O.H.G. huora "whore;" in Goth. only in
> the masc. hors "adulterer, fornicator," also as a verb, horinon
> "commit adultery"), from PIE *qar-, a base that has produced words
> in other languages for "lover" (cf. L. carus "dear;" O.Ir. cara
> "friend;" O.Pers. kama "desire;" Skt. Kama, name of the Hindu god of
> love, kamah "love, desire,"). Whore itself is perhaps a Gmc.
> euphemism for a word that has not survived. "
>
>
> What has not been convincingly explained is that whoredom, the
> business of prostitution, is actually the opposite of love and
> desire. In fact, whoredom is none other than sexual intercourse
> (usually in exchange for money). A simple "sex for hire"
> transaction that bears no relation whatsoever to any endearment
> feeling (L. carus.) This convoluted explanation reminds me of the
> French expression: chercher midi à quatorze heures * (translation at
> the end of this post).
>
> To prove the disparity between reality and this fictitious
> reconstruction, a single straightforward comparison outside IE is
> enough to torpedo this notion once and for all.
>
> For example, compare this notion of whoredom (O.E. hore "prostitute,
> harlot," (cf. O.N. hora "adulteress," Dan. hore, Swed. hora, Du.
> hoer, O.H.G. huora "whore. and the C.Ar. `hr /` hwr root of (` ayn +
> ha' +ra')
>
> Which means the following:
>
>
> (n) A whore, a fornicatrice, (v) committing adultery and
> fornication. Not the slightest allusion to any inkling of love and
> /or desire. As the definition indicates;, it is whoredom and
> fornication, pure and simple.
>
>
> http://www.theegyptianchronicles.com/ANEW/WHOREDOM.html
>
> Unfortunately, because the word is found outside IE, it has never
> been recognized.
>