{"id":3222,"date":"2024-02-10T14:43:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T14:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3222"},"modified":"2024-02-10T14:43:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T14:43:32","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-quagmire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3222","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Quagmire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Quagmire\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-02-10T14:43:32+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M39S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this Adventure in Etymology we\u2019re looking into the origins of the word quagmire.\n\n\n\nA quagmire [\u02c8kw\u0252\u0261.ma\u026a\u0259r\/\u02c8kw\u00e6\u0261.ma\u026ar] is:\n\n\nA swampy, soggy area of ground.\n A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.\n To embroil (a person, e...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quagmire.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.7\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9651\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3222-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quagmire.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quagmire.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quagmire.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quagmire.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3222-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quagmire.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"quagmire.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this Adventure in Etymology we\u2019re looking into the origins of the word <strong>quagmire<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/183658192@N07\/50430610101\/in\/photolist-2nU8k78-6aP4Yt-AG8gpW-aTSYrR-6LUVHM-5X62NF-2jQo4pB-2iYgHVj-2jQ66zH-Ha38d-Ha3hW-Ha4Pe-Ha4KR-Ha3fm-Ha4Tp-2jQ2xjt-2m8tRtU-tnw8Q-Ay8EmT-SaZ9dC-k7EU4D-2jhnBzY-4Qhimz-2bq2aBR-DL39Mv-Mzu6w-6rBoAy-2nzgk7x-5WQvbt-6c693X-ePG86-2FXv4S-Gajwum-2jQ71h2-CnNXoK-FDqFRY-rrCBoP-2igUcya-Ggbvuz-27hGyMh-FZcPue-7yi9VK-24vVvXv-boyBzb-aBSdDw-2nRJK8n-KYDw1Y-m6Xo8R-4TKzbz-2nraPm7\" title=\"quagmire\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50430610101_2bdd1f94ba_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"301\" alt=\"quagmire\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>quagmire<\/strong> [\u02c8kw\u0252\u0261.ma\u026a\u0259r\/\u02c8kw\u00e6\u0261.ma\u026ar] is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A swampy, soggy area of ground.<\/li>\n<li>A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.<\/li>\n<li>To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>quag<\/strong> part is an obsolete English word meaning quagmire, marsh or bog, from Middle English <em>quabbe<\/em> (marsh, bog), from Old English <em>cwabba<\/em> (that which shakes or trembles, something soft and flabby) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/quag#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>mire<\/strong> part comes from Middle English <em>mire<\/em> (marshy or swampy land), from Old Norse <em>m\u00fdrr<\/em> (moor, swamp, bog), from Proto-Germanic <em>*miuzij\u014d<\/em> (bog, swamp, moor), from PIE <em>*mews-yeh\u2082<\/em>, from <em>*mews-<\/em> (moss) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/mire#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>quaggy\/quoggy<\/strong> (marshy, soft, flabby) is related to <strong>quag<\/strong>, and the Dutch words <strong>kwab<\/strong> (a weak, blubbery mass), <strong>kwebbelen<\/strong> (to chatter) come and <strong>kwebbelkous<\/strong> (chatterbox) from the same roots [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/quaggy\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots as <strong>mire<\/strong> include <strong>moss<\/strong> and <strong>mousse<\/strong> and <strong>moist<\/strong> in English, <strong>mos<\/strong> (moss, lichen) in Dutch, <strong>Moos<\/strong> (moss, bog, fen, marsh) in German, and <strong>m\u00fdri<\/strong> (marsh, swamp, bog) in Icelandic [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/mews-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"<a href=\"https:\/\/podbay.fm\/p\/radio-omniglot\">Podbay<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">Podtail<\/a> and other pod places.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/services\/podcast-hosting\/?code=omniglot\">Blubrry Podcast Hosting<\/a>, a great place to host your podcasts. 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A quagmire [\u02c8kw\u0252\u0261.ma\u026a\u0259r\/\u02c8kw\u00e6\u0261.ma\u026ar] is: A swampy, soggy area of ground. A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle. To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty. The quag part is an obsolete English word meaning quagmire, marsh or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,20,56,24,29,4,58,55,64,1,57,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-german","category-icelandic","category-language","category-middle-english","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-norse-dnsk-tunga","category-podcast","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3222"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3225,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222\/revisions\/3225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}