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Many people asked if Scandinavian 'ingen' (no; not any; no one) is related to German 'kein' and Dutch 'gein', as these two come from medieval 'enkein' and 'engheen'.
No! Looks are deceiving.
'Ingen' comes from Old Norse 'e(i)nginn', from 'einn' (one) plus '-gi' (no) plus an ending, so it isdifferent from the etymology of 'kein' and 'geen', as yesterday's graphic shows. ⬆️
Old Norse 'e(i)nngi' also had a neuter form: 'e(i)kki', from *eittgi, literally "not one thing".
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