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Re: Etymology - anque



--- Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:

> It just occurred to me that the forms _cuo_ and _ancuo_
> may have arise through HANC HODIE being reanalysed
> as HANCO DIE meaning 'the day today', and
> hey presto a new word for 'today' was coined.

First of all thanks to you and Carl for the information! 

HANC HODIE > HANCO DIE sounds really good to me.  This inspires me to
create a form like anquodie, ancodie...  The -qu- might not be
justified phonetically, but I just like /q/.

> I'd expect HODIE to become _ozi_ in Old Provençal, but 
> there is possibly some rule about intervocalic DJ which 
> I don't know

I was able to find ancuei and òi.

Some neat forms I just found in (Modern) Franco-Provençal are
enqu'houé, houé, and u jorn d'houé.  Enqu'houé is especially interesting.

Thanks again!
Eamon