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[Wilson Gray]

Not to mention the "bairn" of BrE dialects.

-Wilson

On 6/21/07, Paul Johnston <paul.johnston at wmich.edu> wrote:
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> Yes, it's a cognate:  OE bearn.
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> I take it that -lein is also a double diminutive  =  -ila + -iina.
> Hence, Alemannic -li, too.
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> Paul Johnston
> On Jun 20, 2007, at 1:21 PM, sagehen wrote:
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> >> And -ila is a common diminutive/hypocoristic suffix with names
> >> (including the just-mentioned bishop/translator, connected to 'wolf')
> >> and beyond (like barnilo, 'little kid').
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> > Is Scottish "bairn" related?    ( Or is that kid as in goat?)
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