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2026-04-06 08:32 UTC
@hanscees No: 'eye' comes from Proto-Germanic *augô instead. While the spellings of 'ey' and 'eye' are similar, their pronunciation always differed. 'Ey' would noe have rhymed with 'way'.
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@hanscees@ieji.de 2026-04-06 09:18
@yvanspijk do meaning lineages more often follow sound (klank)