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

It happens, perhaps yet more frequently, that a German name, which cannot be explained by anything within the range of Teutonic dialects, may find a sufficient etymon from the Celtic.

From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert

Hence the locality was termed by them Cold Harbour, corrupted, Cădhārber, and the etymon remains to this day.

From Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 by Various

A more suitable etymon, however, seems to me to be found in Ir. and Obs.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert