Sujet : Somewhere came from Somewheres ? ---- unawares, amongst, betwixt
De : HenHanna (at) *nospam* devnull.tb (HenHanna)
Groupes : sci.lang alt.usage.englishDate : 03. Sep 2024, 22:22:46
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>>> > Does the dropping of the final S go back to Greek or Hebrew?
Crossposted to sci.lang, where people might know the answer.
Is there a natural tendency for languages to lose final syllables or final consonants? <<<
----------- Why is this thread named [Somewheres] ?
is there a suggestion that ...
Somewhere came from Somewheres ? --- (Dropped S)
i think Not !
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/somewheresi thnk the -s in Somewheres is old, and the same as in
Forwards
Backwards
Outwards
Inwards
Upwards
Downwards
Homewards
Sideways
Besides ?
Unawares ?
forward + -s → forwards
downward + -s → downwards
alway + -s → always
sometime + -s → sometimes
betime + -s → betimes
while + -s → whiles
betide + -s → betides
toward + -s → towards
beside + -s → besides
evening + -s → evenings
unaware + -s → unawares
among + -st → amongst
mid + -st → midst
while + -st → whilst
betwixt
against
alongst
amongst
beknownst
midst
unbeknownst
whilst
whomst