Re: Nuffink etc, was: another silly phonology question
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 1, 2000, 20:12 |
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Vasiliy Chernov wrote:
> Can these come from OE a(wi)ht, na(wi)ht, I wonder? (That is, actually,
> *aught, naught)?
They do. But why asterisk "aught"? It is archaic, but not hypothetical
or extinct. "For aught I know" = "For anything I know".
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