Re: USAGE: Dutch v or f (was: Grimm's Law)

--- daniel andreasson wrote:

> There's a Swedish word _fock_ meaning 'fore-sail, jib'. It
> is said to originally have meant 'wedge'. And I can see how
> 'wedge' have come to mean 'fuck' and then 'fokken'. :)
We have the same word in Dutch as well: "fok", a noun this time,
meaning - probably - the same sort of sail (I'm not much of a
sailorman, but it must definitely be something like that).
I'm also quite sure that the verb "fokken" has everything to do with
the famous English f-word; after all, they look the same, and besides,
they mean more or less the same, or rather: one is the direct result of
the other.
Whether or not the words "fok" and "fokken" are etymological kins,
that's just a matter of imagination. I have no opinion.

BTW, how do you see the role of a "wedge" in breeding (let alone the
other meanings...) practically? :)))

Jan


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