Re: Droppin' D's Revisited

Am 10/26 00:47  Christophe Grandsire yscrifef:

> Even if I'm not sure, I think it's not very dangerous to say that it's the case.
> That makes me think that I could have -icus -> -igue /ig/. Still, I wonder how
> I'm gonna finally call "Roumant" (anyone knows how the South of France was
> called during the Middle Age?), and I'm still looking for a nice equivalent of
> the French suffix -ais, -ois (-ès looks too Spanish, -às could be a possibility,
> -eis also but it would pronounced as French -ais...).
>
I think that -ais was the result of a naughty night out between Latin
-ensis (VL -e:si(s)) and Frankish -isc.  Of course, both were consenting
adults.

- andrew.
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Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

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