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Re: the /twi/ in /twilight/ ?

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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