Re: [tlug] [OT] [Q] Why cobweb means 'spider's net'

["Uva Coder" <uva.coder@example.com>]

On 4/20/07, ITSUMI ken-ichi <itsumi.ml@example.com> wrote:
> Hi tluger
>
> It's completely Off Topic.
>
> Now I'm reading 'Learning JavaScript' and found a strange word for me.
>
> "cobweb" means "spider's net", so I guessed 'cob' must be 'spider',
> but I cannot find any suitable meanings of 'cob'.
>
> Do you know why cobweb means "spider's net".

> From http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/cobweb,

Etymology:	Middle English coppeweb, from coppe spider (from Old
English Atorcoppe) + web; akin to Middle Dutch coppe spider

--Uva