Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Rabbit: What's in a Name?

I came across a great little blog post today about the origins of some of the different words for rabbit.

Enjoy!

Land of Rabbits

8 comments:

Thomma Lyn said...

Oooh, fascinating! I love etymology and all things language-related. And I love bunnies! :)

The Bunns said...

Why have Cadbury's ears grown so large? And .. what are you doing nosing around in random blogs when there is Christmas Shopping to be done???

Los Conejos

Leah J. Utas said...

Most interesting. A bunny by any other name would still be cute.

Crafty Green Poet said...

thanks for the link, I love languages too.... Cadbury's ears do look big there...

Murph's mom said...

What an interesting blog. I would like to offer two names that the Cherokee language has for our furry kids out here in OK. Many tribes have more than one name for things. tsi-s-du, tsi-s. The tsi is pronounced as 'chee' and the emphasis is on it.

the Bag Lady said...

Very cool!

And I agree with Leah - a bunny by any other name would still be cute!

Crabby McSlacker said...

Would a bunny be as cute if it were called schwerlblunket?

Yeah, probably. At least that one--Cadbury is adorable. Happy holidays!

d. moll, l.ac. said...

Always good to know more about the bunnies.....is Cadbury listening for reindeer hooves with those big, big, ears?