-s

Significat (Anglès)

1. (morpheme, plural) Used to form regular plurals of nouns that end in certain suffixes or syllables, such as -el, -er, -en, -em, -eur, -aar, -aard, diminutive -je, etc.
2. (morpheme, plural) Used to form irregular plurals of many other nouns, chiefly of foreign origin.

Sinònims

-isch

Traduccions

-isch

-ish

-esa

-és

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb anglès antic: -as

Cognat amb anglès: -s

Heretat de neerlandès mitjà: -s

Heretat de Old Dutch: -es

Heretat de neerlandès mitjà: -sch

Heretat de Old Dutch: -isc

In summary

Unknown. Not present in Old Dutch, which used -a from Proto-Germanic *-ōz as the plural ending. Possibly spread from Middle Low German -s, -es, from Old Saxon -os, -as, from Proto-Germanic *-ōs. Further etymology is unknown, but cognate with Old English -as (English -s).