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survival of the fiddles Sep. 14th, 2014|09:42 am dooora FIDDLE ORIGIN Old English fithele, denoting a violin or similar instrument (originally not an informal or depreciatory term), related to Dutch vedel and German Fiedel, based on Latin vitulari ‘celebrate a festival, be joyful’, perhaps from Vitula, the name of a Roman goddess of joy and victory. Compare with VIOL survival [no super+vivere] = uzdzīvošana vienvārdsakot, ņemam savas pijoles un aidā uzdzīvot. 1934 Link Read Comments

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