2022-11-10

Published: 2022-11-10

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-11-10.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• dog eat dog
• ablaut
• porky
• Welsh rarebit
• prole
• coz
• periwig
• peruke
• nappy
• barbie

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dog eat dog

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ablaut

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• German Ablaut < ab- (off) + Laut (sound) < PIE *klu-, zero-grade form of *kleu- (to hear)
• cf. loud
• cf. ultimately cognate with listen via PIE *klu-

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porky

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• porky (a lie) < short for porky pie (a lie), alteration of pork pie (a lie), rhyming slang

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Welsh rarebit

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• alteration of Welsh rabbit
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_rarebit

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prole

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• short for “proletarian”

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coz

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• “cousin” < Latin con- + sobrīnus (cousin on the mother’s side) < PIE *swesor-, whence English sister

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periwig

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• from French perrucque (wig), perhaps by association with periwinkle
• cf. peruke

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peruke

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• French perrucque
• cf. periwig

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nappy

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• shortened from napkin with -y (diminutive suffix) < obsolete nape (tablecloth) + -kin (suffix usually forming diminutives, but it is doubtful whether -kin in napkin was felt as a diminutive)

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barbie

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• short for barbecue