Fun newt fact, or rather "newt" fact:
"A newt" used to be "an ewte", but the "n" jumped across thanks to rebracketing (misdivision, reanalysis, etc.)*
Its Old English etymon, "eft", now refers more narrowly to the juvenile terrestrial stage.
* See also: adder, apron, nickname, umpire… #etymology
A smooth newt, Ireland's only newt species, and the first I've seen in an age. Encountered it in soil near Lough Corrib while planting hazel trees #nature#animals#gardening
