Re: Push

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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>>
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> From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
> >
> > Skeat derives 'push' from Latin pulsa:re.
> > Why the -sh then?
> > > Torsten
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> Dialectal feature of Northern French, I suppose.
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> std finiss-ent
> dial finish-ent > E finish

But cf. the same 2nd conj. in Italian
finisco
finisci /s^/
finisce /s^/

It's s^ > s in French.

Capísh?
Torsten
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Most s of standard French are sh in northern Dialect and this feature is
very well kept in English.

Cf. coussin = coushin = English cushion
hence pousser = pousher = English push

The same applies to z
vision = vizhon = English vizhun

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