Re: Greek plurals
| From: | <morphemeaddict@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 13, 2007, 12:15 |
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In a message dated 9/13/2007 6:06:50 AM Central Daylight Time,
johnvertical@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
> BTW, are there any non-Greek-based neologisms for the concept of electricity
> in the languages of the world, other than Finnish _sähkö_? (It's a
> portmanteau of sorts of _säkenöidä_ "to sparkle" and _sähistä_ "to hiss".)
>
> John Vertical
Many (including German, Russian, English) also have a synonym meaning
"current".
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