Brian M. Scott wrote:
> At 2:16:54 PM on Saturday, December 25, 2004, alex wrote:
>
>> German "-isch", English "-ish", is this suffix going back
>> to PGmc. "-eske" or is there an another explanation ?
>
> PGmc *-iska-, I believe.
>
> Brian
Hmmm, I doubt about the last vowel. I assume there is an palatal vowel as
well. This suffix makes in Germanic languages adjectiva which shows the
action "like" "as a child" (childisch). Apparently this is a comparative
function here but how do we have to get this comparative back to what? The
need for a backvowel (i, e, e:) in the suffix is requested by Rom. "-eshte"
< "*eske" for instance. The meaning is the same: "like" [ts�ran (peasant)
ts�r�neshte= like the peasants)
Alex
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