[Spellyans] Jevan

[nicholas williams]

It is the word *devan with permanent assibilation. Cf. chy < ty. The  
word is from Latin daemon(em), demon(em) < daimo, daimonos 'god,  
spirit'.
In KS I spell it <jevan>.

Nicholas

On 28 Du 2009, at 11:49, Jonathan Kereve-Clarke wrote:

> Just been looking at Jevan in the dictionary, does anyone know it's  
> origins, and what it would be spelt in KS?

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