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3/23/11 7:09 PM |
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Mike wrote: So it's just a matter of language, then? Whereas today "which" is used in reference to things, not persons, but in 1611 "which" was used for things and persons, too, sometimes but not always? EtymologyWhich:- "O.E. hwilc (W.Saxon) "which," short for hwi-lic "of what form," from P.Gmc. *khwilikaz (cf. O.S. hwilik, O.N. hvelikr, Swed. vilken, O.Fris. hwelik, M.Du. wilk, Du. welk, O.H.G. hwelich, Ger. welch, Goth. hvileiks "which"), from *khwi- "who" (see who) + *likan "body, form" (cf. O.E. lic "body;" see like (adj.)). In M.E. used as a relative pronoun where Modern English would use who, as still in the Lord's Prayer. O.E. also had parallel forms hwelc and hwylc, which disappeared 15c." |
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