Stan Carey<p>Fun newt fact, or rather "newt" fact:</p><p>"A newt" used to be "an ewte", but the "n" jumped across thanks to rebracketing (misdivision, reanalysis, etc.)*</p><p>The word's Old English etymon, "eft", now refers more narrowly to the juvenile terrestrial stage of certain newts.</p><p>* See also: adder, apron, nickname, umpire… </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/newt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NatureWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureWords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>