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> Oh and the English island never had an s sound, but is spelled like that because of confusion with isle

So the German cognate (I assume) Eiland probably hasn't had one either. Makes sense, since the Nordic Eya / Øy / Ö never felt like they should, and they must be just northern variants that lack the -land (literally the same in English) suffix.



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