8/3/2019 Aries 30: A duck pond and its brood

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Aries 30: A duck pond and its broodThe noun duck descends from the Old

En g l i sh duce which meant a duck or

l i teral ly a ducker and is presumed to be

from the Old English ducan to duck,

dive . 1 The word dive descends from th e

Indo-European (IE) root dheub- which

means deep, hol low. I ts paronyms

include deep and dip , i . e . t o s i n k , d i v e . 2

The noun pond descends from the IE root bend- which means

protruding point . 3 The noun brood descen ds f r om t h e I E r oot bhreue-

which means to boi l , bubble , e f fervesce , burn. 4

THEMES: The f irst theme concerns WATER The keyword pond refers

t o a st i l l body of water smaller than a lake . 5 Two paronyms of brood

bourn and burnb ot h m ean a sm al l st r eam or b r ook . A n d t h en t h ere i s

the keyword duck, a water bird with short legs, webbed feet , and a

large f lat beak. 6

A s e c o nd t h e m e c o nc e r ns FOOD. O ne d e f i ni t i o n o f duck i s , of course,the f lesh of a duck used as food. 7 A m o ng t h e p a r o ny m s o f brood a res e v e r a l r e l a t e d t o f o o d a nd /o r i t s p r e p a r a t i o n . Th e s e i nc l u d e br a i s e ,

br e a d , br e w , bl a f f , br o i l , br o t h , bu r n , f e r m e nt , bratwurst , sauerbraten,

a nd braciola (a thin s l ice of meat , usual ly wrapped around a stuf f ing and

c o o ke d w i t h w i ne ) .

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