Re: proof that most etymologies are only fairy-tales

On Aug 2, 8:35 pm, Harlan Messinger
<hmessinger.removet...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
analys...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
The next step is induction - if there is guranteed to be a fairy tale
etymology for such a common word (that seems to have been quite
written about)- how is one to trust any etymology?

There is a vast difference between "a degree of uncertainty exists" and
"is a fairy tale". If you are going to treat two very different
conditions as though they are the same, how is one to trust any proof
that you purport to present?

We don't really have to worry about ever getting any "proofs" from
this source. This is no Dushan.
.

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