Re: Negation

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

>
> On 2008-12-06 23:31, tgpedersen wrote:
>
> > But if ever-y is to be divided that way, 'ever' is a noun.
>
> This is a folk-etymological shot in the dark.

True.

> The actual source of every
> (early ME everich, everelch) is the LOE phrase <æ:fre æ:ghwilc/æ:lc>
> (the second word = a:-ge-(hwy:-)li:c), literally 'ever each'.

I need to OCR some English etymological dictionary. Would you
recommend one or is there one on-line?


Torsten