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Help[Facts] Re: Arenda (-a & -ine?)
in reply to a message by elbowin
Was that the first time that they conscripted Latinate endings into the culture?
(I realize -ine is a French suffix, but it comes from the Latin -ina < -inus.)
"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Ps. 127:4
JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph
(I realize -ine is a French suffix, but it comes from the Latin -ina < -inus.)
JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph
This message was edited 12/7/2014, 4:27 PM
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No, it wasn't the first time, it only became popular than.
The use of -a as a moving device to create feminine Germanic names goes back to the beginning of written history, it is attested specially for West Franconian in the 8th century (see Förstemann 1900 for examples).
The use of -a as a moving device to create feminine Germanic names goes back to the beginning of written history, it is attested specially for West Franconian in the 8th century (see Förstemann 1900 for examples).
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