LAITY, KATHRYN wrote:
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> It’s like the popular attribution of “bending” as a meaning of the word
> OE “wicca” – different root, similar spelling [wican “bending” v.
> wiccian “performing witchcraft”] but no connection.
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A linguistics prof told me that the word "witch" had the same root as "wit"
in the sense of knowing or ability to know--as is apparent in Russian,
where ved' is the root for knowledge. Ved'ma is witch, and med-ved' is a
honey-knower (a bear).
Harry Roth
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