[lit-ideas] When 'Putsch' comes to 'Shove'
- From: Chris Bruce <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:30:05 +0200
'Putsch' is (according to my _Kluge etymologigisches Woerterbuch_) of
Swiss origin. Originally meaning simply a 'Stoss' [shove, push, knock,
bump or kick - cf. the English word 'push' which etymological
dictionaries derive from Old French and Latin] or 'Zusammenprall'
[collision or, figuratively, clash], it came to be applied to a
'ploetzlichen Volksaufstand' [sudden rebellion - literally 'uprising of
the people'] in the 19th century (e.g., The Zurich 'Putsch' of 1839).
Chris Bruce
Kiel, Germany
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