Wordie [wûrd • ē]
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4 wordies list
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first listed by:
reesetee (23234 words)
appears in these lists:
Name-Calling, by reesetee
aozuas's Words, by aozuas
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So is eke meaning "also" cognate with the German auch? Sehr interessant, as they used to say on Laugh-In.
"Nickname comes from an Old English expression, an eke name. Eke meant 'also'. It was your 'other' name. Over time, the n of an got transferred to the beginning of eke. An eke became a neke. The pronunciation changed, and the spelling, and eventually we get the modern word."
-By Hook or By Crook by David Crystal, p 92