Re: [tied] Re: Jetzt

And is it completely cognate with English yet? If not,
how so?
Enschultigen Sie, mein Deutsche is sehr schlecht. je =
?

--- tolgs001 <george_st@...> wrote:

> >Is there a clear etymology of the german word for
> now, jetzt? I´ve been
> >looking for 16 years now and no book has ever been
> "kind" enough to
> >give me a straight answer. Can you help? BTW,
> what´s the story behind
> >Heute?
> >
> >Carl
>
> jetzt (in some areas dialectally jetza) <
> Mittelhochdt. jezuo, jeze
> "eben, jetzt, soeben, alsbald" < ie "je" + zuo, ze
> "zu".
>
> je < MHD ie < AHD io < ew germ. aiw, "erstarrte
> Kasusform zu got. aiws
> "Zeit, Ewigkeit"; verwandt mit ewig, Ehe; enthalten
> in immer, irgend,
> jeder, jeglich, jemand, nie"
>
> heute < AHD. hiutu < hiu tagu "an diesem Tag(e)";
> hiu "her"
>
> (source: Wahrig, Dt. Wörterbuch)
>
> George
>
>

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