The usual view is that except for some onomatopoetic words, the connection between words and there objects is arbitrary. Apparently this is not true in general, at least across many unrelated languages for a set of basic words. See: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/16/universal-language-sound-associations-meaning-linguistics
This means that many words have a non-obvious iconic character that goes beyond their mere sound-feeling. John Collier Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Associate Philosophy, University of KwaZulu-Natal http://web.ncf.ca/collier
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