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<p>[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1833604, member: 38849"]This article from <a href="http://www.etymonline.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.etymonline.com" rel="nofollow">www.etymonline.com</a> should put an end to the nonsense spouted here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=swastika&allowed_in_frame=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=swastika&allowed_in_frame=0" rel="nofollow">swastika (n.)</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=swastika" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=swastika" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.etymonline.com/graphics/dictionary.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Greek cross with arms bent at right angles, 1871 (later specifically as emblem of the Nazi party, 1932), from Sanskrit svastika-s, literally "being fortunate," from svasti-s "well-being, luck," from su- "well" + as-, root of asti "(he) is," which is from the same PIE root as Latin esse "to be" (see <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=essence&allowed_in_frame=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=essence&allowed_in_frame=0" rel="nofollow">essence</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>Also known as <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gammadion&allowed_in_frame=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gammadion&allowed_in_frame=0" rel="nofollow">gammadion</a> (Byzantine), cross cramponnee (heraldry), Thor's hammer, and, perhaps, <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fylfot&allowed_in_frame=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fylfot&allowed_in_frame=0" rel="nofollow">fylfot</a>. Originally an ancient cosmic or religious symbol thought to bring good luck. Use in reference to the Nazi emblem first recorded in English in 1932. The German word was Hakenkreuz, literally "hook-cross."</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fylfot&allowed_in_frame=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fylfot&allowed_in_frame=0" rel="nofollow">fylfot (n.)</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fylfot" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fylfot" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.etymonline.com/graphics/dictionary.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>supposedly a native name for the swastika (used as a decorative device), but only attested in a single, damaged c.1500 manuscript, and there it may refer to any sort of device used to fill the bottom (foot) of a design. "<i>it is even possible that it may have been a mere nonce-word" [OED].</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gammadion&allowed_in_frame=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gammadion&allowed_in_frame=0" rel="nofollow">gammadion (n.)</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gammadion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gammadion" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.etymonline.com/graphics/dictionary.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></i></p><p><i>swastika-like figure formed of four capital gammas, Medieval Greek gammadion, diminutive of Greek gamma (see <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gamma&allowed_in_frame=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gamma&allowed_in_frame=0" rel="nofollow">gamma</a>).</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Hakenkreuz&allowed_in_frame=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Hakenkreuz&allowed_in_frame=0" rel="nofollow">Hakenkreuz (n.)</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Hakenkreuz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Hakenkreuz" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.etymonline.com/graphics/dictionary.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></i></p><p><i>1931, proper German name for the Nazi <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=swastika&allowed_in_frame=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=swastika&allowed_in_frame=0" rel="nofollow">swastika</a> (q.v.), literally "hook-cross," from Old High German hako "hook," from Proto-Germanic *hoka-, from PIE *keg- "hook, tooth" (see <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hook&allowed_in_frame=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hook&allowed_in_frame=0" rel="nofollow">hook</a> (n.)).</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1833604, member: 38849"]This article from [url="http://www.etymonline.com"]www.etymonline.com[/url] should put an end to the nonsense spouted here: [URL='http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=swastika&allowed_in_frame=0']swastika (n.)[/URL] [URL='http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=swastika'][IMG]http://www.etymonline.com/graphics/dictionary.gif[/IMG][/URL] Greek cross with arms bent at right angles, 1871 (later specifically as emblem of the Nazi party, 1932), from Sanskrit svastika-s, literally "being fortunate," from svasti-s "well-being, luck," from su- "well" + as-, root of asti "(he) is," which is from the same PIE root as Latin esse "to be" (see [URL='http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=essence&allowed_in_frame=0']essence[/URL]). Also known as [URL='http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gammadion&allowed_in_frame=0']gammadion[/URL] (Byzantine), cross cramponnee (heraldry), Thor's hammer, and, perhaps, [URL='http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fylfot&allowed_in_frame=0']fylfot[/URL]. Originally an ancient cosmic or religious symbol thought to bring good luck. Use in reference to the Nazi emblem first recorded in English in 1932. The German word was Hakenkreuz, literally "hook-cross." [URL='http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fylfot&allowed_in_frame=0']fylfot (n.)[/URL] [URL='http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fylfot'][IMG]http://www.etymonline.com/graphics/dictionary.gif[/IMG][/URL] supposedly a native name for the swastika (used as a decorative device), but only attested in a single, damaged c.1500 manuscript, and there it may refer to any sort of device used to fill the bottom (foot) of a design. "[I]it is even possible that it may have been a mere nonce-word" [OED]. [URL='http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gammadion&allowed_in_frame=0']gammadion (n.)[/URL] [URL='http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gammadion'][IMG]http://www.etymonline.com/graphics/dictionary.gif[/IMG][/URL] swastika-like figure formed of four capital gammas, Medieval Greek gammadion, diminutive of Greek gamma (see [URL='http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gamma&allowed_in_frame=0']gamma[/URL]). [URL='http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Hakenkreuz&allowed_in_frame=0']Hakenkreuz (n.)[/URL] [URL='http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Hakenkreuz'][IMG]http://www.etymonline.com/graphics/dictionary.gif[/IMG][/URL] 1931, proper German name for the Nazi [URL='http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=swastika&allowed_in_frame=0']swastika[/URL] (q.v.), literally "hook-cross," from Old High German hako "hook," from Proto-Germanic *hoka-, from PIE *keg- "hook, tooth" (see [URL='http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hook&allowed_in_frame=0']hook[/URL] (n.)).[/I][/QUOTE]
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