Re: CHAT: "*** you" (was Re: closet conlanging)

Terry Donnelly wrote:
> In Old English, "focken" meant to hit or beat someone.  One can
> see how it got it's sexual connotation, also why "f*ck you (= beat you
> up)" is an insult.
That's one theory on its origin.  Another is that it comes from the Old
Norse word for "penis", IIRC, a theory which is strengthened by the fact
that all the oldest recorded instances of that word came from the north,
which may be because it originated there, or just because the Scots were
less shy about that word.