| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 1, 2005, 15:58 |
On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 03:22:29PM -0000, caeruleancentaur wrote:> "Nigh" is not related. The "gh" is a remnant from the OE "neoh," > near. This "gh" is retained in our English word "neighbor." one who > dwells near.Note that "nigh" originally meant what "near" means now. "near" was the comparative ("nigher") and "next" the superlative ("nighest"). -Marcos