Re: Where does the name come from?

Dusan Vukotic <dusan.vukotic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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heliogabalus wrote:
"Dusan Vukotic" <dusan.vukotic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I hope you understand what I am talking about.

Dusan Vukotic, have you ever seen a boy understanding the multiplication
without having understood an addition? So, before I enter in your
GON-GON theory's realm, I need a reply to the many questions that I and
others readers have asked to you without an answer.

The last question was: you state that "Gr. khaos, Ger, Gasse
(backstreet), Eng. gas, goose; gouache -
watercolor, guess, quash" are etymologically related words. I found
that 'khaos' comes from PIE base *gheu-, *gh(e)i- "to gape", but goose
comes from PIE *ghans-, and 'guess' comes from P.Gmc. *getiskanan "to
get" So, well attested dictionaries contradict your statements. How so?

In my answer to Kriha I wrote:
"As for the end, is it possible that you cannot see that 'gusan'
(goose)
was named according to his funny movement of buttocks (Serb. GEGANJE >
guzanje /waddle, shamble/; GUZANJE /waddling/ > GUZICA /buttocks/ >
GUSAN /goose/."

AFAICT, these words (waddle, shamble, buttocks, based on the
resemblance to goose-like walk) seem to be late inventions in
SSL South Slavic made from "gusan" (goose from PIE *ghans-)
not the other way around.

There seem to be no such equivalent words in WSL (cognates of
WSL "husa") or ESL (cognates of ESL "gus'").
Because they don't seem to be pan-slavic words I would be
surprised if they were older than 800-1000 years.

pjk


I think you should ADD a grain of salt to your brain. Without salt the
brain begins to swell.

I told you everything I could about GOOSE (Gasse also). What do you
want me to do, to draw you a goose (GUSAN) and his big shuffling
buttocks (GEGAVA GUZICA).

If you are unable to understand this simple example I do not see the
point to explain you more complicated etymologies as gouache -
watercolor, guess, quash...

DV


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