Re: Sauerstoff, sauer, Stoff

On May 1, 4:01 am, Joachim Pense <s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Peter T. Daniels (in alt.usage.german):

On Apr 30, 3:35 pm, Adam Funk <a24...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2008-04-30, Joachim Pense wrote:

So I think many would see "Jabberwocky" is a compound of "Jabber"
and "Wocky".

It certainly sounds that way to me.

But we know that it's actually Jabberwock + y (-y being an abstracting
suffix, cf. "balladry," "poesy")

sure it's to jab + suffix -er + wock + suffix -y.

What's "wock"?

If it's "jab" 'pierce', what is the reference? or is it "jabber,"
'babble incessantly'?
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