Re: Etymology of "Ketzer"

From: rcpj@xxxxxxxxx (Pierre Jelenc)
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 22:52:09 +0000 (UTC)

Heidi Graw <heidigraw@xxxxxxx> writes:

I'm curious about the etymology of the German word "Ketzer" which means
"heretic" in English.

Said to be from the Greek "katharos" (pure, unblemished) which was applied
during the middle-ages to various neo-manichean religious sects (Cathars,
Albigeois). However Hellquist's Swedish Etymological Dictionary points
rather to a Middle-Low-German "quetsen" (to defile, pollute, desecrate)
that is akin to German "quetschen" (to crush).

Pierre
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