Talk:eyot
Add topicEYOT is from Middle English EYT[8] <EIGT[8] and whence AIT; both from Late Anglo-Saxon ȲGET(T)[7], from Old English IGGATH[7] (little island), from ȲG <Ī(Ē)G (island)[8], (dative of ĒA)[7] (water), from Proto-Germanic *AHWA[6] = Cornish AWETH (watercourse), from Celt-Italic root *ACH[6], whence Latin AQUA[7]; + -ET(T) and -ATH (diminuitive suffix)[7].
[0] means 'Absolutely not; [1] means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; [2] means 'Very dubious'; [3] means 'Questionable'; [4] means 'Possible'; [5] means 'Probable'; [6] means 'Likely'; [7] means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; [8] means 'Attested'; [9] means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods.
Andrew H. Gray 20:30, 28 September 2015 (UTC)Andrew
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