Well not to ruin a good time in the shower but neither. In middle English an “eke name” meant “another name”. Over time it became a neke name, and from there a nickname.
The n from “an” transferring to the other word is always amusing to me and what’s more amusing is that it’s not the only time this has happened (a napron -> an apron)
At one point i thought “enlies” was a word because of how i was hearing the phrase “therein lies the problem.” I was hearing it as “there enlies the problem”.
Well not to ruin a good time in the shower but neither. In middle English an “eke name” meant “another name”. Over time it became a neke name, and from there a nickname.
My nuncle has an eke name.
funny that we went full circle with “aka”
A.K.A. is an initialism for “also known as”. No relation.
yeah i mean i just thought it was funny that people used
eke namebefore, to mean “another name” and now we useakato mean “also known as”Fair enough.
BDYKWIATTTYRN?
Crazy that I got this without trying.
The n from “an” transferring to the other word is always amusing to me and what’s more amusing is that it’s not the only time this has happened (a napron -> an apron)
I once convinced a co-worker that the opposite was true for napkin, that they were apkins before.
Also told him pockets were pock-ettes and pants used to have giant pocks that hung outside like saddlebags.
That’s surprisingly not that far off, modern pockets evolved from bags tied to belts and the word comes from “poke”, meaning pouch.
an orange
a norange
Works the other way too. (an otch -> a notch)
At one point i thought “enlies” was a word because of how i was hearing the phrase “therein lies the problem.” I was hearing it as “there enlies the problem”.
Great question by OP, and a great answer here.
I thought it was a name somebody nicked (appropriated) and placed on somebody else.
another name… “an other” name