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William Hupy
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Postby William Hupy » Tue Oct 28, 2014 10:36 am

Here is a rare submission. Not a taint of Latinate. All Germanic. What I find interesting is that the German sense of "witz" is joke and "wissen" is to know. But this humble root spans the terrain of all Germanic languages.....I think.
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Re: wit

Postby Perry Lassiter » Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:52 pm

All roots by definition are humble or lowly: potatoes, beets, truffels...
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