--- In
cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel J. Milton" <dmilt1896@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > What is the etymology of Old English aebre, aefre < English ever?
> >
> > What cognates we have for this word?
> > Thanks,
> > Marius
> *******
> AHD online derives it from the root *aiw- "vital force" "life",
> with the second element of the AS aefre being obscure.
> More details at http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE7.html
> which I can't copy because of font problems.
> However Pokorny *aiu doesn't mention "ever".
> Dan
>
Thanks, Dan: even I cannot trust in 'vital force, life' as semantic
source for 'ever, every'
I'm trying to see if could be a link with Romanian -va in
cand-va 'sometimes'
cine-va 'who-ever'
ce-va 'what-ever'
care-va
etc...
and with Albanian -do
kush-do
ç-do (reconstructed (by me) as from an older *q-do < *që-do)
etc...
So these words (->later particles):
English. -ever,
Rom. -va ,
Alb. -do
could be or not to be from the same root (I suspected that they are
from the same rootbut is only a supposition not sustained by
something), but the construction
<interogative-pronoun> + <the-'every'-word/particle> = <relative-
pronouns>
is for sure identical in Romanian, Albanian & English and would be
interesting to can find it's origins
Marius