What is Relatedness?

Steve Gustafson stevegus at aye.net
Mon Jan 24 12:52:27 UTC 2000


Ed Selleslagh writes:

<<I would also like to point out that Frisian has apparently some external
characteristics of NGmc., like the preservation of -isk (Eng. -ish, Du.
-is(ch), pronounced -is) and similar Danish (Jutish?) sounding features. I
think that the idea that Ingwaeonic is halfway between N and WGmc is due to
the different use of the term (namely coastal continental WGmc). >>

Hasn't Frisian also generalised a plural in -ar or -er, which also
corresponds with what Norwegian and Swedish (and formerly Danish) did?

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