Timeline for What does suffix -dem mean?
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| Apr 3, 2023 at 14:06 | comment | added | Joonas Ilmavirta♦ | @Tim Wiktionary says: "Misinterpretation of -em. When the old ablative cases of is, eōd, eād, became eō, eā, the true forms eōd-em, eād-em were interpreted as eō-dem, eā-dem. The neuter nominative singular id-em is natural and gives earlier emem (= later eundem). The new marker -dem then served to create totidem, tantumdem, ibīdem, etc. Compare tam-en with its later doublet: tan-dem (← *tam-dem)." But as I said, whether that is a good description should be explained someone more etymologically qualified than me. | |
| Apr 3, 2023 at 13:32 | comment | added | Tim | Thanks. I can't visit Wiktionary, due to the Great Firewall. Could you copy and paste here from Wiktionary? I can't see screenshot hosted on imgur either, because imgur is blocked. | |
| Apr 3, 2023 at 12:16 | history | answered | Joonas Ilmavirta♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |