Re: OT: "kluge"/"kludge"

John Cowan wrote:

> Nokta Kanto scripsit:
>
> > This is interesting. I thought kluge, kludge were just variant spellings;
> > turns out they have two different etymologies. I wonder if there are many
> > other cases of two different words evolving into one. It seems to violate
> > the laws of thermodynamics.
>
> _Cleave_ 'split' and _cleave_ 'adhere' were different words in Old English;
> the noun _sound_ is from Latin _sonus_, whereas the adjective _sound_ is
> from Latin _sanus_.
>
>
The adjective doesn't come from Latin

Sound = healthy,  from Old English_ gesund_
Sound = passage of water between two pieces of land (wider than a strait), from
Old English, Old Norse_ sund_
Sound =To probe, explore, fathom, from Old French sonder
Sound = Noise, from Old French_ son_ from Latin_ sonus_

School = education from OE_ scol_ from Latin_schola_
School= shoal of fish from Dutch_ school_

David Barrow

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