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Thread #91222 Message #1734040
Posted By: freda underhill
06-May-06 - 11:28 AM
Thread Name: BS: Origins of the word 'spaw'
Subject: RE: BS: Origins of the word 'spaw'
we need a word archeologist (a hystoriolinguinist) to delve the pre indo-eurpoean origins of 'spaw.. the roost origins of this word come from a fertility myth - spawn of the Gods, the ancient Egyptian cats of the temples, catspaw..