[RightWhale]

Ainu and Aleut could be close. That wouldn't be a stretch at all, either in distance or time.

As to 'knocked up' that is taken as slang, but it could be cant and could be from much older street language, koine or prakrit.

[blam]

"As to 'knocked up' that is taken as slang, but it could be cant and could be from much older street language, koine or prakrit."

One never knows.

All my life I have corrected my mother's word for 'hair.' She pronounces it as 'haar' and I always thought it was southern slang. During all this anthropology/archaeology learning I've done over the last few years I've learned that the Old English and Old High German word for hair is HAAR! I don't correct her anymore, lol. (Both sides of my family have English backgrounds)

[gleeaikin]

Re "knocked up" Let's not forget nookie.