etymon
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The etymon is in old English wrestling�to have on the hip; to render an opponent powerless because tractionless.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another etymon for Jews-harp is Jaws-harp, because the place where it is played upon is between the jaws.
From Notes and Queries, Number 18, March 2, 1850 by Various
Your correspondent W. asks the etymon of "Cowley;"—probably "Cow leas," or Cow pasture.
From Notes and Queries, Number 07, December 15, 1849 by Various
—Can any of your correspondents refer me to the etymon of this name, given to a vocation attached to our English courts of law?
Förstemann finds an etymon in Old High German stur, Old Norse stôr, great.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
