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shimobaatar wrote: 04 Dec 2019 00:16 Is eft- descended from Old English eft-?
Yes it is.
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Does vuu- descend from an Old English prefix beginning with f-?
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shimobaatar wrote: 04 Dec 2019 03:43 Does vuu- descend from an Old English prefix beginning with f-?
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Does the Old English prefix end in a vowel?
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shimobaatar wrote: 04 Dec 2019 04:32 Does the Old English prefix end in a vowel?
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shimobaatar wrote: 04 Dec 2019 04:32 Does the Old English prefix end in a vowel?
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spanick wrote: 04 Dec 2019 04:37
shimobaatar wrote: 04 Dec 2019 04:32 Does the Old English prefix end in a vowel?
No
-h?
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shimobaatar wrote: 04 Dec 2019 12:01
spanick wrote: 04 Dec 2019 04:37
shimobaatar wrote: 04 Dec 2019 04:32 Does the Old English prefix end in a vowel?
No
-h?
if so does it come from *feoh-, with a meaning related to "chattel"?
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shimobaatar wrote: 04 Dec 2019 12:01 -h?
No.
qwed117 wrote: 04 Dec 2019 12:48 if so does it come from *feoh-, with a meaning related to "chattel"?
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Did the Old English prefix end in -r?
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shimobaatar wrote: 04 Dec 2019 14:14 Did the Old English prefix end in -r?
Closer, but no.
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spanick wrote: 04 Dec 2019 14:41
shimobaatar wrote: 04 Dec 2019 14:14 Did the Old English prefix end in -r?
Closer, but no.
-l?
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shimobaatar wrote: 04 Dec 2019 22:48
spanick wrote: 04 Dec 2019 14:41
shimobaatar wrote: 04 Dec 2019 14:14 Did the Old English prefix end in -r?
Closer, but no.
-l?
Yes.
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Was it full- or some variant of it?
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shimobaatar wrote: 05 Dec 2019 03:30 Was it full- or some variant of it?
Yes. Ful- to be exact.
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Oh, Anabaptist?
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shimobaatar wrote: 05 Dec 2019 12:24 Oh, Anabaptist?
Exactly
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spanick wrote: 05 Dec 2019 12:38
shimobaatar wrote: 05 Dec 2019 12:24 Oh, Anabaptist?
Exactly
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oh, I was so far off, because I was thinking wiht as "being" or "essence"
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qwed117 wrote: 06 Dec 2019 03:52 oh, I was so far off, because I was thinking wiht as "being" or "essence"
I sensed you were going that direction and tried, without giving it away, to steer you away but it’s a very easy thing to do in this case.
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