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I was referring to where the -n came from. After research it seems it came from the old case system, which originally came from german, not sure if it's the dat
by amaccuish 8y ago
I was referring to where the -n came from. After research it seems it came from the old case system, which originally came from german, not sure if it's the dative plural, was just a theory. Here's more about that:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-en#Etymology_2 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-en#Etymology_2
- azernik 8y agoRead the article; the -en in this particular case arose after the loss of the case system, in a hypercorrection during a period when -en and -s were the two main plural endings.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoIt doesn't come from German; both English and German inherit it from Proto-Germanic.