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Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)

From:Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 19:17
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
> Philip Newton writes: >> FWIW, the German plural is "Viren", with the standard plural ending >> -en for many foreign words. (I wonder where it comes from; it surfaces >> also e.g. in Greek words such as "Museen" or "Analysen" and in Latin >> ones such as "Familien" and "-(i)täten".) > > What exactly are you wondering about? Looks like the normal -(e)n > plural, only the foreign nominative singular ending (if any) is > removed before applying it.
Ah, as in "Raupe, Raupen; Sendung, Sendungen"? I think what I'm wondering about it is how come that particular ending became the stereotypical ending for foreign words. Cheers, -- Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>

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