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From: db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: An
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:37:57 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:45:20 +0300, Mikko wrote:

> On 2024-04-28 09:25:14 +0000, db said:
> 
>> There is an old English use of "an" for "if". Where does this come
>> from? I can't think of similar forms in German or Danish or Latin.
> 
> It could be English "when". Or it could be the Swedish "om". But perhaps
> it is something else.

The "om" (also in Danish) comes close and might be
the relative of "an". M and n get confused a bit.
I remember the name Willian used in Brazil.

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db