On 03/07/2018 17:09, clipka wrote:
> Am 03.07.2018 um 15:33 schrieb Stephen:
> 
>>> I'm still fascinated that no one has any idea about the origin of the
>>> term for a
>>> metal disk with a hole being called a "washer".
> ...
> 
>> From
>> https://www.quora.com/Why-is-a-washer-hardware-named-so
>>
>>
>>> There is a repeated mention of the year 1346, in which it is believed
>>> to have first appeared. The actual word that appeared in 1346 was

>>>
(http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1713/whats-the-purpose-of-washers-the-round-metal-things/)
>>>
>>>
>>> Now some deductions: This might have come from the German word "Wache"
>>> which means "to guard/ to secure".
> 
> That seems bogus to me on many levels.
> 
> First of all, "Wache" is a noun, not a verb.
> 

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> A "thing that wipes" could conceivably be called "Wischer" in German (as
> a matter of fact that's an actual word used in precisely that sense for
> various devices), which is just two minor turns away from "washer" (the
> German word essentially being pronounced "visher").
> 

You forgot to add:
Thus I Refute Thee. :-)

An interesting read. "Wischer" sounds a good candidate for the origins.



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Regards
     Stephen

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