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by Schonberg on July 29th, 2009
Hundreds of years ago we used to call a spider a 'Coppe' hence Coppewebs.The word coppe is no longer used and now we call the web a spider make a Cobweb which I suppose is much easier to pronounce.
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Very interesting! I just assumed a cobweb was a spiders' web which had collected dust! lol so dense! =)
by Jadey - Vive la difference on July 29th, 2009
I think the word Coppe is old English but its origins might be Anglo Saxon.The German word for spider is Spinne.
by Schonberg on July 29th, 2009
I think it is actually Middle English from my googling =)
by Jadey - Vive la difference on July 29th, 2009
So thats where it originated from.
by Schonberg on July 29th, 2009
Interesting history.
by slim76 on July 30th, 2009