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L O W L A N D S - L - 02 February 2007 - Volume 07

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From: Kevin and Cheryl Caldwell <kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net>
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2007.02.02 (03) [E]

> From: Jonny Meibohm <altkehdinger at freenet.de>
> Subject: LL-L 'Etymology'

> Who knows what's the true etymological origin of  'does'? We have nothing
comparable, neither in German 'er, sie es
> _tut_' nor in LS: 'hey, sey, dat (et) _deiht_'. Here we have it in the 2nd
person pres. sing.: 'du tu/-s-/t', LS 'du
> deih/-s-/t'.

> (Making some more thoughts I see of course this E: -s or -es in all verbs
3rd person presence sing. vs. in G and LS > always in the 2nd.)

In early Modern English (late 16th, early 17th centuries, as in Shakespeare
or the King James Bible), 3rd person singular was -th/-eth (he goeth, doth,
hath, runneth...), while 2nd person singular was -st/est (thou goest, dost,
hast, runnest...). I don't know where the -s/-es ending came from in Modern
English, or when.

Kevin Caldwell

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