From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   On 28/04/2024 9:25 p.m., db wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   OED identifies it with "and", citing the combinations "an if" and "if   
   an". I'm not sure if I can explicate the semantics of this, but that's   
   what they say.   
      
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