14-04-2021, 06:20 AM
Just one more Middle English word idea to share:
If as I suggest above EVA [ol] = "us", and the ending [-ol] = the suffix "-ous", then the frequent vord [chol] seems a tough nut to crack.
But...there is the idea [chol] = Middle English "jus", which can mean "natural liquid"; "liquid of a plant"; "herbal decoction or extract"; and "bodily fluid or secretion". (This of course became the modern English word "juice".)
And indeed -- in contrast with the other vords I discussed above such as [ol], [chedy], [qokain], [qokaiin], which occur so frequently in the bathing women section -- the vord [chol] on the other hand rather occurs rarely in the bathing women section, but relatively much more frequently in the Herbal section and in the Pharmaceutical section.
Geoffrey C.
If as I suggest above EVA [ol] = "us", and the ending [-ol] = the suffix "-ous", then the frequent vord [chol] seems a tough nut to crack.
But...there is the idea [chol] = Middle English "jus", which can mean "natural liquid"; "liquid of a plant"; "herbal decoction or extract"; and "bodily fluid or secretion". (This of course became the modern English word "juice".)
And indeed -- in contrast with the other vords I discussed above such as [ol], [chedy], [qokain], [qokaiin], which occur so frequently in the bathing women section -- the vord [chol] on the other hand rather occurs rarely in the bathing women section, but relatively much more frequently in the Herbal section and in the Pharmaceutical section.
Geoffrey C.