ixnay

ixnay

‘no, no more’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    E. ix-nay < G. nix < nichts ‘nothing’ < M.H.G. nihtes, niht, nit ‘nothing’ < O.H.G. niwiht, ni, ne ‘no’ + wiht ‘thing, creature’ < iksnai < ne- < Tamil al