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
Förstemann finds an etymon in Old High German stur, Old Norse stôr, great.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
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
—Can any of your correspondents refer me to the etymon of this name, given to a vocation attached to our English courts of law?
A more suitable etymon, however, seems to me to be found in Ir. and Obs.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
