Tuesday 27 June 2006
Marcus: Online Etymology Dictionary. (via)
Marcus:
ars*: "buttocks," O.E. aers "tail, rump," from P.Gmc. *arsoz (cf. O.N. ars, M.Du. aers, Ger. Arsch "buttock"), cognate with Gk. orros "tail, rump, base of the spine," Hittite arrash, Arm. or "buttock," O.Ir. err "tail." ars*-hole first attested c.1400 as arce-hoole. Arsy-versy "backside foremost" first attested 1539.
Marcus:
So there you go.
