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Origin of Kibosh: Routledge Studies in Etymology

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ISBN: 978-0-367-59793-1
Verlag: ROUTLEDGE
Erscheinungstermin: 14.08.2020
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This is an etymological study of the origins of the word kibosh, which has long been one of the great mysteries of the English language. Unconvincing derivations have been suggested from Yiddish to Gaelic and Italian, and thus far consensus among lexicographers has leaned toward referencing the word as ‘origin unknown’.



In this study, the authors present convincing and important new evidence in favour of the derivation of kibosh from the word for a fearsome Middle Eastern whip, known as the kurbash.



This monograph is one of the most significant etymological works directed at a single phrase. It is the gold standard on deep-drill, focused and exhaustive single-word lexicography and will be of interest to lexicographers and linguists in the relevant fields.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9780367597931
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-367-59793-1
  • Verlag: ROUTLEDGE
  • Erscheinungstermin: 14.08.2020
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2020
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 295 g
  • Seiten: 172
  • Format (B x H x T): 137 x 213 x 10 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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CHAPTER 1: Overview

CHAPTER 2: Introduction: ‘Origin unknown’; previous works; chronology

CHAPTER 3: Penal Servitude! continued

CHAPTER 4: Spread of put the kibosh on from Cockney

CHAPTER 5: Kibosh in several newspaper accounts

CHAPTER 6: Additional attestations of kibosh

CHAPTER 7: Three competing etymologies are unconvincing

CHAPTER 8: General observations

APPENDICES

Appendix #1: Anatoly Liberman’s 2013 article ‘Three Recent

Theories of Kibosh, continued’ (Aug. 14, 2013)

Appendix #2: kibosh-from-kurbash etymology, evidently first

Proposed by Matthew Little (Nov. 2009)

Appendix #3: Several newspaper items about chimney sweeps

Appendix #4: Political complexities in Britain of the early 1830s

Appendix #5: Notes & Queries items on a Yiddish origin of

kibosh/kybosh

Appendix #6: Two pictures illustrating use of the kurbash

REFERENCES

INDEX