Re: NATLANG ruki-rule in Slavic, Scandinavian languages, Danish

BP Jonsson scripsit:

> You don't.  The indefinite article is cognate with English _yon/yonder_
> and German _jener_.
And likewise with the Yiddish verb "yentsn" meaning "cheat, screw (fig.),
fuck over (fig.)".  Who woulda thunk it?

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