Re: Origin of Proto-Germanic Distinguishing Features

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Harald Hammarstrom <haha2581@...>
wrote:

> > Adjective-Noun is seen as a consequence of the SOV word order,
>
> Only in Eurasia, in the whole world in total SOV languages have
> Adj-Noun as often as Noun-Adj (According to Matt Dryer's

megadatabase).

> Rel N is a strong indication of (S)OV though (but not the

converse). The

> only well-known language with Rel N without SOV is Chinese.
>

Some of the oldest Danish place names have Noun-Adj. eg. Sundbylille/
Sundbymagle (and an oddity: Maglebylille / Store Magleby).

Torsten