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/nɒt/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English not, nat, variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nƍht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), short for nƍwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), corresponding to ne (“not”) + ƍwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”). Cognate with Scots nat, naucht (“not”), Saterland Frisian nit (“not”), West Frisian net (“not”), Dutch niet (“not”), German nicht (“not”). Compare nought, naught and aught. More at no, wight, whit.

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