_Derived pronouns._--_Any_, in Anglo-Saxon, _aenig_. In Old High German we
have _ein[^i]c_=_any_, and _einac_=_single_. In Anglo-Saxon _[^a]nega_
means _single_. In Middle High German _einec_ is always _single_. In New
High German _einig_ means, 1. _a certain person_ (_quidam_), 2. _agreeing_;
_einzig_, meaning _single_. In Dutch _[^e]nech_ has both meanings. This
indicates the word _['a]n_, _one_, as the root of the word in
question.--Grimm, D. G. iii. 9.
_Compound pronouns._--_Which_, as has been already stated more than once,
is most incorrectly called the neuter of _who_. Instead of being a neuter,
it is a compound word. The adjective _leiks_, _like_, is preserved in the
Moeso-Gothic words _galeiks_, and _missaleiks_. In Old High German the form
is _lih_, in Anglo-Saxon _lic_. Hence we have Moeso-Gothic, _hv[^e]leiks_;
Old High German, _huelih_; Anglo-Saxon, _huilic_ and _hvilc_; Old Frisian,
_hwelik_; Danish, _hvilk-en_; German, _welch_; Scotch, _whilk_; English,
_which_. (Grimm, D. G., iii. 47). The same is the case with--
1. _Such._--Moeso-Gothic, _svaleiks_; Old High German, _s[^o]lih_; Old
Saxon, _sul[^i]c_; Anglo-Saxon, _svilc_; German, _solch_; English, _such_.
(Grimm, D. G. iii. 48). Rask's derivation of the Anglo-Saxon _swilc_ from
_swa-ylc_, is exceptionable.
2. _Thilk._--An old English word, found in the provincial dialects, as
_thick_, _thuck_, _theck_, and hastily derived by Tyrwhitt, {258} Ritson,
and Weber, from _se ylca_, is found in the following forms: Moeso-Gothic,
_th[^e]leiks_; Norse, _thvilikr_. (Grimm, iii. 49.)
3. _Ilk._--Found in the Scotch, and always preceded by the article; _the
ilk_, or _that ilk_, meaning _the same_. In Anglo-Saxon this word is
_ylca_, preceded also by the article _se ylca_, _se['o] ylce_, _thaet
ylce_. In English, as seen above, the word is replaced by _same_. In no
other Gothic dialect does it occur. According to Grimm, this is no simple
word, but a compound one, of which some such word as _ei_ is the first, and
_l[^i]c_ the second element. (Deutsche Grammatik, iii. 50.)
_Aught._--In Moeso-Gothic is found the particle _aiv_, _ever_, but only in
negative propositions; _ni_ (_not_) preceding it. Its Old High German form
is _[^e]o_, _io_; in Middle High German, _ie_ in New High German, _je_; in
Old Saxon, _io_; in Anglo-Saxon, _[^a]_; in Norse, _ae_. Combined with this
particle the word _whit_ (_thing_) gives the following forms: Old High
German, _['e]owiht_; Anglo-Saxon, _[^a]viht_; Old Frisian, _[^a]wet_;
English, _aught_. The word _naught_ is _aught_ preceded by the negative
particle. (Deutsche Grammatik, iii. 52.)
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