of night and eight

[hitchhiker]

https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/11444/is-there-any-link-between-the-word-eight-and-the-word-night

Fun little linguistic curiosity, though mostly coincidence.

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[cjsmith]

I clicked through the link and while reading it I idly thought "I've got to share this with hitchhiker". Heh. :)

(I was also disappointed to learn that lavender doesn't reliably link to Latin lavare, despite the fact it's been one of the more popular soap scents over the centuries. Instead it's just "bluish". Oh well.)