However, some linguists say that the association of "Yule" with "wheel" (a fond belief you will find in many places, since the words are nearly identical) is a myth. The roots of the two words have about as much similarity in Scandinavian languages as in English. According to one theory, the root word for Yule came from the aboriginal Scandinavians, and has always meant only one thing: the festival at the Winter Solstice. The word for wheel came from the Indo-Europeans who migrated to Scandinavia around 3800 BC (although they didn't even begin to use wheels until about 2500 BC!) The debate points out how ancient the word is.
Happy Yule to you all.
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Happy Solstice!
Not only will I love seeing you NYE, Yule wheel-y love it too! arg.. sorry for the puns, I'm full of post-Kittymas turkey :=D Hope Santa was generous & you are all doing great!
hugs
Suzanne.
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