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33 of 40 Encounter Education to the 98th of 144 Eltern, Kind, und Kinderstube: Where Is And What Is Happiness? – Here And Now!
Eckehardnyk, May 5th, New Era 9
A
In German language it is not clear from where the word GLÜCK (“good luck, happiness, fortune, bliss“) came to exist. I guess there must be a relation between German GLÜCK and LÜCKE, alike as regards content the riming English expressions HAP and GAP.
B
One meaning is the German GLÜCK came from the potters’ language having to do with the lid fitting on a pot without having a gap between the cover and its body beneath. That’s why I am thinking of a closed gap being a reason to be thankful to “hap“. Maybe that’s only a pun,
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