Re: OT: Junk/Dim S(ui)m
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 16, 2003, 2:35 |
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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.
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