Res: [tied] Re: Etymology of Old English aefre?

--- In cybalist@... s.com, "Daniel J. Milton" <dmilt1896@. ..>
wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@... s.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@ >
> wrote:
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> > 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