Comments on: Etymology and the Outside World The Oxford Etymologist by Anatoly Liberman http://blog.oup.com/2006/03/etymology_and_t/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David L. Case http://blog.oup.com/2006/03/etymology_and_t/comment-page-1/#comment-68061 David L. Case Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:04:36 +0000 http://216.110.190.15/2006/03/etymology_and_the_outside_world_the_oxford_etymologist_by_anatoly_liberman/#comment-68061 Curious as to the derivation and origin of the last name CASE,understand it's an old English name. Curious as to the derivation and origin of the last name CASE,understand it’s an old English name.

]]> By: Jim Ladd http://blog.oup.com/2006/03/etymology_and_t/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Jim Ladd Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:41:28 +0000 http://216.110.190.15/2006/03/etymology_and_the_outside_world_the_oxford_etymologist_by_anatoly_liberman/#comment-164 Do you know the etymology of the phrase "change on a dime"? Someone asked me this and I cannot find it anywhere on the Web. Thanks. Do you know the etymology of the phrase “change on a dime”? Someone asked me this and I cannot find it anywhere on the Web. Thanks.

]]> By: Gavin Wraith http://blog.oup.com/2006/03/etymology_and_t/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Gavin Wraith Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:22:53 +0000 http://216.110.190.15/2006/03/etymology_and_the_outside_world_the_oxford_etymologist_by_anatoly_liberman/#comment-163 When I look up the etymology of my own name, "Gavin", I find "gwalch gwyn" - "fair falcon" - but no evidence for the assertion. Is it just a guess? That gwalch be cognate to falx I understand, but where does falx come from - pelekus (axe), plaga (blow)? Guessing again. When I look up the etymology of my own name, “Gavin”, I find “gwalch gwyn” – “fair falcon” – but no evidence for the assertion. Is it just a guess? That gwalch be cognate to falx I understand, but where does falx come from – pelekus (axe), plaga (blow)? Guessing again.

]]> By: languagehat.com http://blog.oup.com/2006/03/etymology_and_t/comment-page-1/#comment-165 languagehat.com Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:10:03 +0000 http://216.110.190.15/2006/03/etymology_and_the_outside_world_the_oxford_etymologist_by_anatoly_liberman/#comment-165 <strong>THE OXFORD ETYMOLOGIST.</strong> Oxford University Press has a blog that deals with all sorts of subjects, and they've just added a language column by etymologisst Anatoly Liberman: "His column on word origins, The Oxford Etymologist, appears here each Wednesday." His first post, Etym... THE OXFORD ETYMOLOGIST.

Oxford University Press has a blog that deals with all sorts of subjects, and they’ve just added a language column by etymologisst Anatoly Liberman: “His column on word origins, The Oxford Etymologist, appears here each Wednesday.” His first post, Etym…

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