[Help!]

Didn’t know “f*** off” was Dutch as well as English.
Actually I think our word originated with the Dutch. On their registration certificates, horses bred in the Netherlands list the “breeder” as the “fokker”

[Publius]

The English F-word comes from the Dutch verb foekken, "to breed".

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Netherlands list the “breeder” as the “fokker””

The planes too. I had a Dutch Latin teacher in Prep School. He was in the Dutch underground. We’d get him telling war stories, and we’d just crack up! See, they don’t pronounce “fokker” as “folker” or “fawker.” They pronounce it as, well,,,,, you can guess!

[fone]

"Actually I think our word originated with the Dutch. On their registration certificates, horses bred in the Netherlands list the “breeder” as the “fokker”

Actually, back in the day of putting one in the town square in public stocks, there wasn't room for much lettering. Each had their crime listed above them. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. Abbreviated, natch.