Re: USAGE: 2nd pers. pron. for God

At 19:17 2002-09-11 +0200, Eamon Graham wrote:

>By the way, can anyone fill me in on the etymology of "Ni"?
As some people already said, a reinterpretation of the old second person 
plural ending:
_sägen I_ became _säge ni_ became _säger ni_.

BTW when I pray usually say "Buddha" ;-)



/BP 8^)>
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