[LUTE] Etimology -was: Re: Musical Crimes: Forgery, Deceit, and Socio-Hermeneutics

[Donatella Galletti]

Subject: [LUTE] Re: Musical Crimes: Forgery, Deceit, and Socio-Hermeneutics

From: ""Mathias Rösel"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Besides, the modifying use of the prefix sau- is fairly confined to the
estates of Bavaria, btw not always pejorative (saugut, saugeil). Most
other parts of German speaking countries use Arsch- or Scheisz- instead
(arschkalt, Scheiszwetter, both pretty rude).
--
Mathias

Interesting. I wonder if similarly functioning Italian modifier SCROFA, is a calque of that, via South Tirol.

RT

"Scrofa" comes from Graben and other similar roots, see

http://www.etimo.it/?term=scrofa&find=Cerca

Donatella




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