Re: s-stems in Slavic and Germanic

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Jarrette" <anjarrette@...>
wrote:

[...]

> However, I did overlook the strong influence of the French on
> English, which perhaps could have strengthened the <-(e)s> plurals
> on their way to becoming the predominant plural formation (I don't
> know, of course, just speculating --

I doubt that the French plurals themselves had much effect, but
borrowing from French may have had some, simply because borrowings
tend to be slotted into the dominant paradigm.

Brian