Talk:jekk

How is "jekk" etymologically derived from Arabic اذا, I ask myself?

Any citation or credentials? — This unsigned comment was added by Konanen (talk • contribs) at 14:36, 3 October 2013‎.

You could use {{rfv-etymology}} if you so wish. Mglovesfun (talk) 13:45, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

The theory that was recently added by a user (not me!), seems believable: in kān is common and it could easily have become *jekkien, since preconsonantal n was frequently vowelised in older Arabic (still a common feature in Quranic reading) and the prefixed [j] (from hiatus avoidance) is also seen in Maltese jiena and jew. This *jekkien would of course conjugate to *jekkont, *jekkienet, *jekkonna, etc., leading to a reanalysis as jek kont, jek kienet, jek konna, and thus jek(k) as a new word. Compare also kellu, from orignally conjugated kāna lahū. Another thing is the phonetic similarity of hekk ("so, thus"), but I don't see how this could lead to a better etymology. So yeah: quite a believable theory. I'm sure there's literature about it somewhere, but who knows where. 2.203.201.61 02:42, 16 July 2019 (UTC)