The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-17

A Mighty word which Comes Down from
the Aryans and Home with the Cows.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE ~suN-S;r: It is
conceded that the word Boss" was brought
over by the early Dutch and was used by
them as an equivalent for "master."
Many have been the attempts to arrive at
Jus dehnltion, ana TO those Interested IN wo.u
rore " furnishes an eAcenent eAHIIpte " "
eVoiutoh OIL lahsuaSe, Inc hohuon CnIVn-
zee suggests Chat Doss was olis,nany
Dase' q term Oh rather nys.eIlous uen
Con. Dase IL q oouth herman Woru ~
duentIy USED IN contemporary German hSeIs-
lure IN a mover now running Ih Ne"
GERMAN paper u speIeu Daas. Anu .ns
writer uses IL IN the sense Oh roster moynci
pasidas .hn sWi" D." s%ossin-
nta"a.s : ~ S $500.
"a an eonivaIsnt Tor Mrs Grnndv To the
hest or nv LnouIsdsa i, wos never used in
Holland for aannt " neither was sRaas" for
-uastar" avar a noII,a tarro IN Dutob lit
eraturs, hut rather = %nonuIar idlom Of the
common people' the so.calIsd LOW dutch.
aRas" ~. t.. n,,oh hro,cht n 20 Amar-
ion ard n annaalsd 20 tha AngIo-sax on ear
M onoe for /, nos a Iong ios, child found.
aRas"-.mastar " sIord " shoussboIdsr econ
oueror - srnIsr- wis.,
~ $500
TX win seen wei has hier ! Will see who lord nero
In nus u.s. In tne) mouse Is.
We'll Is de bas van de boz Who (which onel Is the
boss OF the buiidingF
What form bss het dat What for q boss hath
schipr that ship
He ism has van jung. He is a boss Of q boy
young).
j. Ten Doonkaat HOFFMAN, Norden 1870.
ut.,. -
DaS 70 49, m ~. Inohnrssr
~. - nny.s unoor ni,ma,sohan and
ne ~ pia.uands.L -, ~ J,,Iand tha land
- poauniv us,a ahas.Lan WIr,s 1890
0L ..oe.pN" - r san,,a ,nmean
CbannaS sn.,Is liz - .Sarl nar, ohnrI 30
49, 80 a.o . -n,is. D..
80" 49,, - - .La..s
~ .,ous =, Sln.- - 49, .nInI..,. Ial.S
"e " M
ApIoch sens par upon ner Ioue coleef
% !" INV ~ Oo0e'"
here DOS mas Deen translated as q pro-
tuoerance IN my English edition. while my
American eultioh passes IL ny IN silence
Again we nave the German brust ana
prusten' 10 look Dig 10 holu up tine
mead, ana the EnGIisn ,ooast. Attention
Is aiso caieu 70 oosh' LOT ooabs"ah IN
ali lHhguages OIL Low herman origin 70
emposseu' 70 paase' the term mentioned
before No"'ah these terms are suggestive Oh
protuoerance. bosom ana Dust. According 70
the proIessors' the term DOS Originally
perhaps sign Ned the hollow OF anything. X.
IA explained IL as the bosom OF gun
OF the sea- wnere we nave the iuh sense OF
me WORD bosom Also according TO
I,rlmm' tine herman Nicer equiVaient 10
Busen' AS there could oe no hollow with
out the protuoerance the IDEAS doubtless be-
came lnterchanSed IN earnest lndo-uermanlc
lAryanD times We ma Dos with the
Greeks ana Romans.
Co boss. a stray cattle lure known In
many sections OF the United states. This Is
also used In the Low Countries. although not
mentioned by Bosworth and perhaps not
used In England. IL probably means. Come
TO the boss cow iAnglo-Saxon "o1). If.
however. We suppose That cows In primitive
language were called bosses" because or their
most useful protuberance. and that this term
In the course OF time was applied to the
corresponding organs OF the human body,
we would men nave a ialr example OF the
evolution or language. We know from the