Ahoy! and Jury-Rigging: Etymologies

Author / Editor
Sayers, William.

Title
Ahoy! and Jury-Rigging: Etymologies

Published
N&Q 256 (2011): 188-91.

Description
Chaucer's use of the interjection "Oo" in KnT (2533) is adduced as a stage in the history of "Ahoy" going back to the Anglo-French verb "oir" (to hear, listen).

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Knight and His Tale