Ancestors

Written by Yoïn van Spijk on 2025-01-22 at 19:35

There are two types of words for 9 in the Germanic languages.

Type 1 is g-less:

e.g. German 'neun', Swedish 'nio'.

Type 2 does have a g:

e.g. Dutch 'negen', Frisian 'njoggen'.

You'd think that English 'nine' is type 1, but it used to have a g too: in Old English, it was 'nigon'. It lost its g in Middle English.

So did 'neun' and 'nio' lose their g too?

No, they've never had one.

The g only evolved in the north-western branch of West Germanic.

My new graphic tells you all about it.

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Toot

Written by THE ROCK FiLES on 2025-01-22 at 21:33

@yvanspijk Interessant allemaal. Blijf maar komen met deze entomologie. Leuk. 👍

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Descendants

Written by Yoïn van Spijk on 2025-01-22 at 21:35

@therockfiles Hartelijk dank!

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Written by THE ROCK FiLES on 2025-01-23 at 12:56

@yvanspijk Haha, insectenkunde? Dat bedoelden we natuurlijk niet. (f*ck autocorrectie 😞 ). Etymologie natuurlijk. Waar haal je het trouwens allemaal vandaan? 🤔

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Written by Yoïn van Spijk on 2025-01-23 at 13:07

@therockfiles Ik had al zo'n idee. 😁

De infographics zijn gebaseerd op etymologische woordenboeken van de talen in kwestie en op algemenere kennis van historische taalkunde, die ik door mijn studie heb en uit literatuur over taalverandering haal.

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Written by THE ROCK FiLES on 2025-01-23 at 14:00

@yvanspijk Prachtig, taal is ook kunst hè?

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