From: | Eric Christopherson <eric@...> |
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Date: | Tuesday, December 15, 1998, 19:35 |
Tom Wier wrote:> The Angles called their own land "Englaland", so that might have somethingto do with it. > Was there ever any rule in Spanish that /e/ --> /i/ / _[nasal]? > I know "Ingles" is like that too, and I feel that this too was a loan because > of the -es part...FWIW, I think the -es/esa nationality ending in Spanish is from Latin -ensis.