http://Kevin Kenny/ (
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2012-01-31 09:32 pm (UTC)
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withhold < ME "with" + "hold" -- hold back, hold with (yourself)
threshold < OE "thresc" + "wald" -- cognate to modern "thresh" (but in an older sense of "tread") and "way", but not cognate to "hold"
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threshold < OE "thresc" + "wald" -- cognate to modern "thresh" (but in an older sense of "tread") and "way", but not cognate to "hold"