Klarinet Archive - Posting 000243.txt from 2005/09

From: Erik Tkal <bbtkal@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pinky again
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:43:48 -0400

Tony, I had seen your original post, but I think it's coincidence that
penki meaning 5 in Lithuanian is similar to pinky meaning the 5th finger
in English, barring any etymological evidence of its derivation.

Erik

Tony Pay wrote:

>On 22 Sep, Erik Tkal <bbtkal@-----.org> wrote:
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>>Tony, the OED defines pinky (also pinkie) as "Small, diminutive, tiny",
>>derived from French(?). I didn't see any correlation in the etymology
>>to the number five.
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>http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Klarinet/2005/09/000206.txt
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>Tony
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