Etymology of "Pensieve" (Was: JKR punning names )

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 160765

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> Carol, thinking that Pensieve is one of JKR's more clever puns and
> hoping that we'll see some "sieved" or "sifted" thoughts and memories
> in Book 7

Geoff:
This could link with what I wrote in 160719 earlier today about the fact
that an old word in English for "sieve" is "riddle" and wondered if Tom 
might get linked in here somewhere; with Harry dropping in on his 
thoughts from time to time, this could be interesting.