2007-01-25 11:44:41 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes
Oh, and by the way, the holocaust actually happened. My dad fought in WWII and saw concentration camp survivors.
Man, two blows two your cherished hateful little myths in one day.
2007-01-25 11:53:11 · answer #1 · answered by The Notorious Doctor Zoom Zoom 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perchance the root of Jew is Judah. Anyway, I always thought the root of Jewel was the Latin word 'gaudium' joy, or 'jocus', play. I presume you are referrng to the word "Jewry" the part of a town inhabited by Jews. This sounds very close to the pural Jewelry, which is represented by its singular -- Jewel.
2007-01-25 20:10:18 · answer #2 · answered by mypalnow2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's a coincidence. You're looking at a false cognate, a word that looks like a word in another language or something that seems to have the same root.
Like in Spanish, embarazada looks like "embarrassed" but it really means "pregnant." Don't assume that every word that looks/sounds alike is actually related.
Oh, and JIBBA-JABBA, "Chris" is short for "Christopher", which is Greek for "Christ-bearer." Chris isn't the root. And stupid+ly=an adverb form of the adjective "stupid." Carefully, carefully, carefully, LY!!! Don't you remember that from Sesame Street?
2007-01-25 19:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Coincidence.
2007-01-25 19:48:18 · answer #4 · answered by robert m 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The same coincidence that the word stupidly has the root stupid. What a strange world!
2007-01-25 19:53:16 · answer #5 · answered by chris B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Hasid are often found in the diamond industry after WW2 many american Jews entered the business
2007-01-25 19:56:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it means the Jew is so pure that its like Jewel.
2007-01-25 19:54:43 · answer #7 · answered by P S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
Jewelery comes from the fact Jewish people did most of that work. To this day most of the diamond merchants and graders are Jewish. Also don't forget where Goldsmith, a last name and Silverman came from.
See, if you worked with metals and fires they called you Smith. If you fashioned gold from it they called you Goldsmith. If you were a dock or warehouse worker they called you Porter and if you made people sick to their stomachs they called you Thatcher.
2007-01-25 20:04:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe so, since a wise man once said that the Jews own most of the diamond mines in South Africa
2007-01-25 19:49:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, like the root word for Christian Chris
2007-01-25 19:48:49 · answer #10 · answered by Sean 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋