yvanspijk, 2 months ago 'Foreign' is etymologically related to 'door'. 'Foreign' stems from Popular Latin *forānus (outsider), a derivation of Latin 'forīs' (outside). It got its silent G because people believed it had something to do with 'reign'. Latin 'forīs' is a cousin of 'door'. Here's more:
'Foreign' is etymologically related to 'door'.
'Foreign' stems from Popular Latin *forānus (outsider), a derivation of Latin 'forīs' (outside).
It got its silent G because people believed it had something to do with 'reign'.
Latin 'forīs' is a cousin of 'door'. Here's more:
chrpistorius, 2 months ago @yvanspijk *dʰ > *fw is a very interesting sound change
@yvanspijk *dʰ > *fw is a very interesting sound change
yvanspijk, 2 months ago @chrpistorius Yes, *dʰu̯ went via /θu̯/. The change of /θ/ into /f/ is what many Dutch people do when trying to pronounce English th; in primary school, I had an English classmate called 'Maffew', haha. 😅
@chrpistorius Yes, *dʰu̯ went via /θu̯/. The change of /θ/ into /f/ is what many Dutch people do when trying to pronounce English th; in primary school, I had an English classmate called 'Maffew', haha. 😅
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