Re: More names (was: How to determine YOUR Star Wars name)

Irina Rempt-Drijfhout scripsit:

> Carlotta Kruis. Interestingly, "kruis" means "crotch" as well as
> "cross" in Dutch.
No accident.  "Cross", "crutch", and "crotch" all have the same
root meaning ("something forked or divided") and the same origin:
Latin "crux".  "Cross" took a detour through Irish before reaching
English, which accounts for its un-palatalized form.  "Crux" itself
is also used in English in the sense "most important or difficult point".

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John Cowan                                      cowan@ccil.org
                e'osai ko sarji la lojban.