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					Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
					
				 
				The reference to the scorpion or its sting appears to be more metaphorical, inferring the sting of death or to that effect.  
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Exactly. Metaphorical. But only for us not for Indian of 17-19th. For them the following words were cognate. Why do you think?