Message: "Moo! Mooth! Hooth?"

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Moo! Mooth! Hooth?

by Nanaea

5/23/2001, 5:09 AM

in reply to a message by Pavlos

Just curious, but how the heck does one get "heath" out of "bucetum"? :)

-- Nanaea

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- Daividh (guest)

5/24/2001, 5:06 PM

The same way one gets "cow patty" out of "shoe sole" (speaking of "bucolic")

- Pavlos (guest) +1

5/23/2001, 5:22 AM

LOL!!!!...by a loooong stretch of etymologocal license!
Here's the OED approach:
Bu-cetum (Latin)=> kait- (teutonic root) => haihi (Goth) => haide (Middle German ) => haeacu (Old English) => heath (English).

...maybe our OED editor got his inspiration by ingesting Creutzfeld-Jacobs-laced kidney pudding...

- Nanaea

5/23/2001, 5:38 AM

LOL!

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