<HTML>In a message dated 10/31/02 12:58:33 PM Central Standard Time, bradley@rice.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Dutch to convey a sense of 'moving up and down or to and fro.' </BLOCKQUOTE> As a Dutchman, I can tell you that the Dutch word "wippen" is a see saw. I guess since, the wippen in a piano does more or less go up and down, perhaps that is where the word came from. Wim </HTML>