Re: micifuz, mico

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

>
>  
> Thor Stone: Can you translate that into a language I know? It
> definitely looks interesting. Any etymology beyond Scandinavian to
> Germanic? Is it definitively onomatopoeic? Does it go bak to some
> other language's onomatopoeia?
> . . .
> Dansk Etymologisk Ordbog
>
> 'I. mis, en, kælenavn til en 'kat';
> no. mis, miss, sv. miss(e), ty. Mies(s);
> substantivering af II. mis.
> - Jf. kissemis, misse.
> - Sml. II. kis.
> II. mis interj. lokkeord til en kat';
> no., sv. miss;
> dannet til mi, som gengivelse af kattens lyd;
> se u. III. kis.
> - Jf. I. mis.'
>
> http://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/missekat
>

'II. kis common gender 'kælenavn til en kat';
glda. kiis, no. kiss, sv. kiss, kisse, kissa;
jf. ty. Kitze, Kieze f. 'hunkat; killing',
oldnord. kisi m. 'kat';
substantivering af III. kis.
- Jf. kissejag, kispu(d)s, kissemis.
- Sml. I. mis.

III. kis interj. 'lokkeord til en kat';
ænyda. d.s., no., sv. kiss, jf. ty. kitz.
Ordet er sandsynligvis ligesom II. mis, IV pus, no. dial. pise, sv. dial. pis(e) dannet ud fra den erfaring, at katte adlyder en kalden med -s-lyd. Ved gentagelse lyder dette ofte i-holdigt.

Forlydskonsonanten kan variere og være af særlig karakter, i sv. fx ikke-palataliseret k-,
- Jf. II. kis.
- Sml. kat.
Litt.: H. Ideforss i ANF XLVII (1931) 12-22.'


'I. mis, common gender, nickname for a cat';
Norw. mis, miss, Sw. miss(e), German Mies(s);
nominal derivative of II. mis.
- Cf. kissemis, misse.
- Cmp. II. kis.
II. mis interj. calling word for a cat';
Norw., Sw. miss;
formed from mi, as rendering of the sound of a cat;
see u. III. kis.
- Cf. I. mis.'

Cf. ibd.
'II. kis en 'nickname for a cat';
ODanish kiis, Norw. kiss, Sw. kiss, kisse, kissa;
cf. German Kitze, Kieze f. 'female cat; kitten',
ON kisi m. 'cat';
nominal derivative of III. kis.
- Cf. kissejag, kispu(d)s, kissemis.
- Cmp. I. mis.

III. kis interj. 'calling word for a cat';
Old Modern Danish id., Norw., Sw. kiss, cf. German kitz.
The word is likely like II. mis, IV pus, Norw. dial. pise, Sw. dial. pis(e) dormed from the experience, that cats obey a call with -s-sounds. Repeated this often sounds i-colored.

The initial consonant may vary and be of a special type, in Sw. eg. non-palatalized k-.
- Cf. II. kis.

- Cmp. kat.

Litt.: H. Ideforss in ANF XLVII (1931) 12-22.'

cf.
http://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/pusekatt


Cats and monkeys were both kept for entertainment.



Torsten