That seems rather reasonable to me.

Should be, it's got solid scholarship behind it. Everything I say here about English etymology can be verified from the Oxford English Dictionary and similar vetted sources (i.e. not kook sites on the web).

Oy.

No, that's the practice of gematria which is an older invention having nothing to do with the authors of the text. Unless you believe in divine inspiration, it's not remotely believable
It would be if I said this, but I didn't. What is stupid is to claim that they referred to shit and piss are the same thing. They're not.

Indeed, the Online Etymology Dictionary, http://www.etymonline.com (visited July 27, 2010) traces it to W.Gmc. *kiukinam, and thence to the root *keuk-. That's where onomatopoeia appears to come in.

(All subsequent etymologies from Online Etymology Dictionary.)

Ruth is probably a contraction of Heb. reuth "companion, friend, fellow woman."

Falasha also has "column" wrong. It comes from OF colombe, which in turn is from L. columna ("pillar"), a collateral form of columen ("top, summit"), derived from PIE *kel- ("to project"). Nothing to do with doves except as a place to perch.

Finally, his/her argument that "chicken" is a diminutive misattributes several words as diminutives:

Burden: From OE byrðen ("a load, weight, charge, duty"), from P.Gmc. *burthinjo ("that which is borne"), from PIE *bher- (1) ("carry, give birth.")

Even: From OE efen ("level, equal"), from P.Gmc. *ebnaz.

Heaven: As Falasha noted, from OE heofon (which actually means "home of God"), possibly P.Gmc. *khemina-, from PIE *kem-/*kam- ("to cover").

Morn: Contraction, not diminutive, of ME morwen, from OE (Mercian) margen (dat. of marne), earlier morgen (dat. morgne), from P.Gmc. *marganaz, *murganaz ("morning"), perhaps from PIE *mergh- ("to blink, twinkle").

Oven: From OE ofen ("furnace, oven"), from P.Gmc. *ukhnaz , from PIE *aukw- ("cooking pot").

Vixen: From OE *fyxen (feminine of fox), with Gmc feminine suffix -en, -in.

Weapon: From OE wæpen ("instrument of fighting and defense") from P.Gmc. *wæpnan, from *webno-m, of unknown origin.

You copied your etymology from "Online Etymology" and I copied mine from "Wiki Diminutive". I think wiki is right.

Dan has Colombe wrong.

Cite, please. I just looked at the Wikipedia entry for "diminutive" and note that none of the words you cite as diminutives bear any citations therefor. Which is par for the course with Wikipedia.

Ultimately, I think these words (ce ce, chiche, cicer, etc.) are from the word "Kikkur". It has been translated as "plain" as in Cities of the Plain, but I think it should be translated as "skyline". The Kaf is the palm of God covering the earth and the dividing line is seen by men as the arc of horizon line. The Resh is the resh pole or axis mundi that holds up the heavens. So the skyline of human habitation would be like the dividing line between heaven and earth. Jericho is also said to have a “Kikkur”. Kaf is used to build the words for skullcap, window gable and hole in rock. The skullcap is the dividing line between god and man; the window gable is dividing line between wall and window; the hole in rock is dividing line or palm of God holding Yonah (Dove) the messenger/spirit of god.

Another word that seems to be derived from the same mythical origin is cicada. The story of King Kekrops seems to be the cicada emerging from the earth as symbology for the Greek origin myth. The cicada appears on the Omphalos as a prophet of god emerging from the covering of Ghe.

About half way down under "English Diminutives".

Yes, and no evidence is cited for any of them. The full list of sources for the Online Etymology Dictionary is cited at http://www.etymonline.com/sources.php.