Monday, June 24, 2013

Jane Wicker Wing Walker RIIP

The Deaths in 2013 site lists under June 23rd:
Jane Wicker, 46, American wing walker, plane crash during air show.
In keeping with the inner twin world's use of alliteration, we have "Wicker Wing Walker". Note this excerpt from wikipedia as per the above link:
On June 22, 2013, a plane carrying wing walker Jane Wicker crashed at the air show, killing both Wicker and pilot Charlie Schwenker.[15]
His surname falls under the "Words/Names prefix 'sch'" pattern-cluster.  Note the etymology of Schwenker re http://surnames.behindthename.com/name/schwenke:
Derived from the Middle High German word swenke which means "to swing". This was probably a hint at the gait of the person. Alternatively, it can also be derived from the given name Sweneke, a Low German form of the name SWANHILDerived from the Germanic elements swan and hild "battle".
Note the etymology of swan:
 swan (n.) Look up swan at Dictionary.comOld English swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (cf. Old Saxon swan, Old Norse svanr, Middle Dutch swane, Dutch zwaan, Old High German swan, German Schwan), probably literally "the singing bird," from PIE root *swon-/*swen- "to sing, make sound"
As to Jane's surname:
wicker (n.) Look up wicker at Dictionary.commid-14c., "wickerwork," from a Scandinavian source (cf. Middle Swedish viker "willow branch") akin to Old Norse vikja "to move, turn," Swedish vika "to bend," and related to Old English wican "to give way, yield" (see weak). The notion is of pliant twigs.
Other etymology re wing walker:
 walk (v.) Look up walk at Dictionary.com...ultimately from PIE root *wel- "to turn, bend, twist, roll"
Audd, the plane that Jane was wing walking on had done its customary roll, and then didn't come out of it to rise back up... instead, it crashed!!

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