Re: Scucca

Den 17. sep. 2007 kl. 16.39 skrev Benct Philip Jonsson:

> If you read German:
>
> (skuh) erschrecken ? In germ. skuhvu (skugvu): norw. mundartl.
> skygg (aus skugvia-) scheu, furchtsam, mnd. schûwe, schû dass.
> Ablautend mhd. schiech scheu, ags. scéoh (engl. shy). Dazu mhd.
> schiuhe f., nhd. Scheu und das Vb. ahd. sciuhen, mhd. schiuhen,
> schiuwen verscheuchen, intr. Scheu empfinden, nhd. scheuchen,
> schwed. skygga scheu werden; eine Weiterbildung in nhd. schüchtern,
> älter schüchter, ndl. schuchter, mnd. schuchtern scheuchen, vgl.
> westfäl. schücht scheu (= *skuhti). Hierher auch ags. scucca Dämon,
> Teufel und * scyccan (nur praet. scyhte) verführen ? (Oder gehört
> ags. scucca mit an. skukka Runzel zusammen? vgl. an. skratti und
> mhd. waltschrechel). Weiterbildung entweder zu sku 3, vgl. nnorw.
> skýr (= *skûria) scheu, oder zu sku 4 (eig. »zur Seite springen«) :
> vgl. ahd. scihtig scheu zur gleichbedeutenden Wz. skik.
Thanks, I suppose it must be related to IE *skeu- then. A reasonable
departure point for a sinister spirit name I suppose. A suitable
selection of derivative extensions should yield a useful Urianian
word, or more, say _kadan_ or something like that.

Den 17. sep. 2007 kl. 16.54 skrev Michael Poxon:
> The modern English version of this term is "Shock". Not the
> electrical sort, but meaning a (vaguely demonic) spiritual
> presence, bogle, etc. In this part of the world we have a ghostly
> black dog called "Black Shuck" who has been seen on numerous
> occasions. In the West of the county in the Fens, a local brweery
> has him as their logo, and a marathon held at Bungay (Norfolk-
> Suffolk border) is called the "Black Dog marathon", named after him.
Rather interesting. There is also a (rare) surname Shuck, which is
how I got acquainted with the word.

Wonder if there's some connection to the expletive shucks - origin
unknown, my dictionary says.

LEF