LL-L "Morphology" 2007.10.28 (02) [E]

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From: "Ben J. Bloomgren" <ben.j.bloomgren at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Morphology" 2007.10.28 (02) [E]

 I believe that the tendency of making final -ng into -n (and in other
dialects into -nk, as in Low Saxon) is common and quite old in English,
going by spelling
"errors." This could have easily led to overcompensation in the case of
assumed present participial *-en, very likely analogously to the already
existing
deverbal noun suffix -ing .

Is this the same suffix as -ung in Standard German and -ing in Dutch as in
"de regering"?
Ben

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com >
Subject: Morphology

You got that right, Ben.

But the English equivalent, as in "to anyone's understanding," has been
"mixed up" with gerund -ing (as in "an understanding person") which up to
the end of Middle English was -and, -end, etc.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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