Re: OT: Junk/Dim S(ui)m

At 10:35 PM 9/15/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Isidora Zamora scripsit:
>
> > My first thought when I saw the it was that it closely resembled the
> > Russian word for "prayer rope," which is chotki.  I'm sure there's no
> > actual connection between the two words, though.
>
>m-w.com says it's from old Polish "czaczko" of the same meaning.
Do you mean that the old Polish has the same meaning as the modern Russian
"chotki"?

Isidora

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