[Lexicog] Re: -dom

Margaret Marks margaret.marks at GMAIL.COM
Wed Oct 15 10:04:19 UTC 2008


2008/10/15 Fritz Goerling <Fritz_Goerling at sil.org>

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> The German suffix –tum corresponds approximately to English –dom, but one
> cannot use it for creative word formations like in English (chessdom,
> queendom,
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> dogdom).
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> Hi Fritz - I find that hard to believe. Here's the beginning of a list at
www.canoo.net:

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*http://preview.tinyurl.com/3rg2jz

*Margaret*
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