Talk:myrrh

Dear Reader,

After listening to another great sermon from our Vicar, I wondered if the word ‘myrrh’ (as in gold, frankincense and...) shared with, or was the root of the word ‘mirth‘: I have yet to find any connections between myrrh or mirth in my etymological* digging.

Any tips would be appreciated!

Sincerely,

Fred Bates

Derry,NH

PS *etymological!? Truth be told I just thesaurused the word ‘word‘. Thesaurus the word ‘thesaurus‘? Vocabulary list, word list, lexicon, glossary…(Thanks Encarta ® World English Dictionary). — This comment was unsigned.

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The etymologies point in different directions: myrrh to Middle Eastern, non-Indo-European origins; mirth to Germanic, Indo-European origins. DCDuring Holiday Greetings! 19:46, 9 January 2009 (UTC)