From FinnegansWiki
in the beginning was the word
in the beginning was the void
bug (dan.): belly (in Mary's belly was the word to become flesh, Jesus)
bug-inn, i.e. Earwicker's inn
inning: a cricket term (cricket might be associated with insects again)
in the middle is the sentence (created from the initial word)
the sound-dance (think about Joyce's dancing daughter; FW might be seen as a series of dancing movements)
thereinafter you're nothing wiser than before
Unbewusst (German, Freudian but also Wagnerian term): unconscious
