Somewhere came from Somewheres ? ---- unawares, amongst, betwixt

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Sujet : Somewhere came from Somewheres ? ---- unawares, amongst, betwixt
De : HenHanna (at) *nospam* devnull.tb (HenHanna)
Groupes : sci.lang alt.usage.english
Date : 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/somewheres
i 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

Date Sujet#  Auteur
3 Sep 24 * Somewhere came from Somewheres ? ---- unawares, amongst, betwixt5HenHanna
3 Sep 24 `* Re: Somewhere came from Somewheres ? ---- unawares, amongst, betwixt4Ross Clark
4 Sep 24  +- Re: Somewhere came from Somewheres ? ---- unawares, amongst, betwixt1HenHanna
4 Sep 24  `* Re: Somewhere came from Somewheres ? ---- unawares, amongst, betwixt2Jeff Barnett
4 Sep 24   `- Re: Somewhere came from Somewheres ? ---- unawares, amongst, betwixt1Ross Clark

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