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Re: THEORY: Evolution of infixes/ablaut?

From:<lassailly@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2000, 19:00
> > > 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
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