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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/50317
Buck's Synonyms (apparently following an old Walde-Pokorny) has
"etym. dub., perh. as orig. 'wickerwork', fr. *kat- in Lat. 'catena'
chain, 'cassis' net, etc."
I think this is consistent with Konushevsci's analysis quoted in 50317
(I couldn't follow up thread to his original posting).
Dan