Re: Re[2]: [tied] German Suffix "-isch"

Brian M. Scott wrote:

> At 2:50:43 PM on Saturday, December 25, 2004, alex wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>> Hmmm, I doubt about the last vowel. I assume there is an
>> palatal vowel as well.
>
> No. The suffix is Gothic <-isks>, ON <-iskr>, OSax <-isk>,
> OHG <-isc> (becoming <-isch> in MHG). This is from PGmc
> *-iska-, I believe from PIE *-isko-.
>
> Brian

Is the Slavic "-ski" not the same suffix as the Germanic and Rom. one? I am
not very sure abou tits function but when I think at Russian "Govoroti po
ruski ?" it appears to me it makes the same construction "like" :
russian-russisch.
In that case, if the suffix is the same, then the Slavi has too the last
vowel a palatal vowel.

Alex




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