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Wikipedia says that the -ta in Lithuanian and Polish is from Latin thea, from the phrase herba thea ('tea herb'), so there is still a morpheme in common with th
by schoen 9y ago
Wikipedia says that the -ta in Lithuanian and Polish is from Latin thea, from the phrase herba thea ('tea herb'), so there is still a morpheme in common with the other languages in this case!
- rabboRubble 9y agoI think this is from New Latin, not Latin Latin.
- schoen 9y agoIt's funny to think that the etymology of Latin thea probably runs through Dutch! Definitely New Latin.