Comments on: Threshold http://www.word-detective.com/2009/03/threshold/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bigjohn756 http://www.word-detective.com/2009/03/threshold/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 bigjohn756 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:07:44 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/08/12/threshold/#comment-1311 In modern China they thresh rice by placing it in the roadway in the morning to let the traffic run over it. In the evening they are out in the street sweeping up and bagging the grains. At least they were doing that near Wuhan ten years ago when I was there. In modern China they thresh rice by placing it in the roadway in the morning to let the traffic run over it. In the evening they are out in the street sweeping up and bagging the grains. At least they were doing that near Wuhan ten years ago when I was there.

]]> By: words1 http://www.word-detective.com/2009/03/threshold/comment-page-1/#comment-161 words1 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:48:51 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/08/12/threshold/#comment-161 from Peter Christopher Franck: The Danish word for "threshold" is "tærskel" ("æ" being a particular Norw. & Dan. diphthong consisting of "a" & "e"). The last part of this word may be derived from "shield", albeit uncertain. See ODS (Dic. of the Dan. Lang.): http://ordnet.dk/ods/opslag?id=580775 from Peter Christopher Franck:

The Danish word for “threshold” is “tærskel” (“æ” being a particular Norw. & Dan. diphthong consisting of “a” & “e”). The last part of this word may be derived from “shield”, albeit uncertain. See ODS (Dic. of the Dan. Lang.): http://ordnet.dk/ods/opslag?id=580775

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