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Pflanze/plant
Hi,
Today at breakfast we got a delicious plums marmelade, the word for plums in German is Pflaume. We realized that there were some words in German beginning with "pfl" and the world in English started with "pl".
Some examples are:
Pflanze for plant
Pflaster for plaster
Pflock for plug and so on...
They are actually not too many. But now I am like the one with the chicken and the egg. :-)
What was first the German language inserted the "f" from the English, or the English deleted it from the German?
Do you have any comment? :-)
Irma.
Today at breakfast we got a delicious plums marmelade, the word for plums in German is Pflaume. We realized that there were some words in German beginning with "pfl" and the world in English started with "pl".
Some examples are:
Pflanze for plant
Pflaster for plaster
Pflock for plug and so on...
They are actually not too many. But now I am like the one with the chicken and the egg. :-)
What was first the German language inserted the "f" from the English, or the English deleted it from the German?
Do you have any comment? :-)
Irma.
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[nq:1]Hi, Today at breakfast we got a delicious plums marmelade, the word for plums in German is Pflaume. We realized ... the "f" from the English, or the English deleted it from the German?
- [nq:1]Hi, Today at breakfast we got a delicious plums marmelade, the word for plums in German is Pflaume.
- We realized ...
- the "f" from the English, or the English deleted it from the German?
- Do you have any comment?
- [/nq] Hi Irma What about all the words that begin es- in Spanish and s- in English?
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[nq:1]Hi, Today at breakfast we got a delicious plums marmelade, the word for plums in German is Pflaume. We realized ... the "f" from the English, or the English deleted it from the German? Do you have any comment? :-) Irma.[/nq]
Hi Irma
What about all the words that begin es- in Spanish and s- in English?
Django
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Hi Irma
What about all the words that begin es- in Spanish and s- in English?
Django
Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client:
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[nq:2]Hi, Today at breakfast we got a delicious plums marmelade, ... from the German? Do you have any comment? :-) Irma.[/nq]
[nq:1]Hi Irma What about all the words that begin es- in Spanish and s- in English?[/nq]
Hi Django,
I'm still searching ..
Irma.
[nq:1]Hi Irma What about all the words that begin es- in Spanish and s- in English?[/nq]
Hi Django,
I'm still searching ..
Irma.
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[nq:1]Hi, Today at breakfast we got a delicious plums marmelade, the word for plums in German is Pflaume. We realized ... inserted the "f" from the English, or the English deleted it from the German? Do you have any comment? :-)[/nq]
Neither is the case. In all the cases I've looked at they derive from Latin. The Latin words mostly begin with "p", but it may be that in the Latin dialects spoke
Neither is the case. In all the cases I've looked at they derive from Latin. The Latin words mostly begin with "p", but it may be that in the Latin dialects spoke
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[nq:2]Hi Irma What about all the words that begin es- in Spanish and s- in English?[/nq]
I got it!!!
Well let me tell you the whole story...
Those words you mentioned are latin words that Spanish adapted, the same as English did.
In the case of words that begin with s followed by a consonat Spanish addes an "e". This unconditioned change is called "Pr?tesis" in Spanish.
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I got it!!!
Well let me tell you the whole story...
Those words you mentioned are latin words that Spanish adapted, the same as English did.
In the case of words that begin with s followed by a consonat Spanish addes an "e". This unconditioned change is called "Pr?tesis" in Spanish.
As
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[nq:2]Hi, Today at breakfast we got a delicious plums marmelade, ... it from the German? Do you have any comment? :-)[/nq]
[nq:1]Neither is the case. In all the cases I've looked at they derive from Latin. The Latin words mostly begin ... part of the common vocabulary of the Germanic tribes before the Anglo-Saxons invaded what is now England. Regards, Einde O'callaghan[/nq]
Thanks a lot fo
[nq:1]Neither is the case. In all the cases I've looked at they derive from Latin. The Latin words mostly begin ... part of the common vocabulary of the Germanic tribes before the Anglo-Saxons invaded what is now England. Regards, Einde O'callaghan[/nq]
Thanks a lot fo
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[nq:1]This continent has a loong story... You had already castles here while our indians were fighting with stones to kindle fire to prepare dinner in the jungle..[/nq]
That time we Europeans were already busy kindling fire to burn supposed witches, you know ;-)
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[nq:1]This continent has a loong story... You had already castles here while our indians were fighting with stones to kindle fire to prepare dinner in the jungle..[/nq]
That time we Europeans were already busy kindling fire to burn supposed witches, you know ;-)
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[nq:1]I got it!!! Well let me tell you the whole story... Those words you mentioned are latin words that Spanish ... I don't give you the url because it is in Spanish and because I think you knew it already ;-)[/nq]
Well, I'd never heard of Pr?tesis, but I remember learning about how this happens; it's to do with individual vowels and consonents shifting across languages with common roots. Som
Well, I'd never heard of Pr?tesis, but I remember learning about how this happens; it's to do with individual vowels and consonents shifting across languages with common roots. Som
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[nq:2]Neither is the case. In all the cases I've looked ... the Anglo-Saxons invaded what is now England. Regards, Einde O'callaghan[/nq]
[nq:1]Thanks a lot for your explanation... I just was reading some light things about etymology, and it was so interesting... ... here while our indians were fighting with stones to kindle fire to prepare dinner in the jungle.. Thanks again. Irma.[/nq]
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[nq:1]Thanks a lot for your explanation... I just was reading some light things about etymology, and it was so interesting... ... here while our indians were fighting with stones to kindle fire to prepare dinner in the jungle.. Thanks again. Irma.[/nq]
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[nq:2]I got it!!! Well let me tell you the whole ... Spanish and because I think you knew it already ;-)[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, I'd never heard of Pr?tesis, but I remember learning about how this happens; it's to do with individual vowels ... the begining of a word without adding an extra /e/. I wonder what the Dutch for 'plum' is... Cheers Django[/nq]
Actually it's pruim according to:
[nq:1]Well, I'd never heard of Pr?tesis, but I remember learning about how this happens; it's to do with individual vowels ... the begining of a word without adding an extra /e/. I wonder what the Dutch for 'plum' is... Cheers Django[/nq]
Actually it's pruim according to:
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