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   db to Mikko   
   Re: An   
   29 Apr 24 09:37:57   
   
   From: dieterhansbritz@gmail.com   
      
   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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