Re: THEORY: Evolution of infixes/ablaut?

John Cowan wrote:

> yl-ruil wrote:
>
> > After a quick consultation with my Etymological Dictionary, it seems eke
> > (vb) and eke (adj) are unconnected. The adj is from OE éc "also",
cognate to
> > German auch "of uncertain origin" and the vb is from éacan "grow", which
is
> > cognate to Latin augere.
>
> Well, so speaks the voice of authority, but I wonder why auch and augere
> can't be cognates: no sound-shift seems to prevent it.
I'm not sure, it doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

Dan