[lit-ideas] Re: testing waters

In a message dated 5/25/2009 9:35:21 P.M.  Eastern Daylight Time,
RichardHenninge@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
unusually  intransitive
in this usage, has the same etymology as the first syllable in  his first
name, "LUDwig," with a basic meaning of "washed, cleaned" and thus
"purified, brilliant,"

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I thought it meant  'warrior'.

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Lewis Carolus  Dodge-son

where 'Lewis' is Italian "Luigi" -- "Loui", "Louis". --  warrior?

I'm less sure about the etym. of Wittgenstein -- Stein is stone.  So it
must be toponymic. The philosopher's stone ("witt", wit',  wiseman).

J L Speranza
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