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From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>>
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Subject: Etymology<br><br>Lowlanders,<br><br>Something weird seems to have happened with "one" and "any". As far as I know, "any" comes from "one" (+ig). The vowels are different, one round, one not. Due to what? Different dialects? Phonological processes?<br>
<br>In Scots it's the other way around: <i>ane</i> [e(:)n] 'one', <i>ony</i> </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">~ <i>onie</i> [o</span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(:)</span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ne] 'any'.<br>
<br>Middle Saxon has <i>eyn</i> for "one" and <i>eynig</i> for "any", similar to Dutch <i>een</i> 'one' and <i>enig</i> 'some(one)'<br><br>In some Modern Low Saxon dialects, the German calque <i>enig</i> (<i>eynig</i>) has the German meaning, corresponding to <i>Å“vereens</i> (<i>oever eyns</i>) in other dialects. <i>Enig</i> in the sense of 'any' does not seem to be used any longer. I assume this is a result of German interference. Usually, just <i>een</i> (<i>eyn</i>) is used for 'any'.<br>
<br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br><br>P.S.: By the way, Middle Saxon <i>eynig</i> and Modern German <i>einig</i> are false friends in that the latter means 'agreed', 'at one', 'of one mind'. (Or, as Mrs. Slocum of "Are You Being Served" liked to say, "And I'm unanimous in that.")<br>
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