Re: Sketch of Germanech 2/4: Nouns, adjectives and pronouns

Kala Tunu <kalatunu@...> wrote:

> but could Jörg explain how -s and -z differ? it's not clear
> to me.
They are pronounced the same, the difference in spelling is
etymological:
in certain contexts, Latin /t/ has become /s/ in Germanech, which is
written <z>, while an /s/ that already was an /s/ in Latin is spelled
<s>.

A word containing both is _seiz_ `site', from Latin _situs_.
The two consonants are the same sound, but the second one was a /t/
in Latin.  (The ending -us was lost.)

Jörg.

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