Re: &

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> <and> < OE and/ond < PGmc. *and(i) (also *und(i)). Different

sources suggest diferent PIE etymologies; derivation from *h2(a)nti
is not impossible, with the semantic development 'opposite, facing'

> 'beside, in addition to' > 'as well as, also'. Cf. Lat. et <

*eti 'beyond'. The original PIE "and" was the enclitic *-kWe (Lat. -
que, Gk. -te, Skt. -ca).

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> Piotr
>

Danish <end> "than" (in comparisons, <mere end> "more than"), which I
suppose supports your derivation.

Torsten