On Breton meliner ‘miller’ and other agent noun derivatives with Latin ‑ātor
This paper investigates the Breton word for ‘miller’, meliner, miliner. At first sight, it appears to be a completely regular derivative formed with -er deriving from Latin ‑ārius. However, an investigation of the relevant forms reveals that this is not the case. Rather, the attested forms point to...
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La Bretagne Linguistique
2024
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| Zusammenfassung: | This paper investigates the Breton word for ‘miller’, meliner, miliner. At first sight, it appears to be a completely regular derivative formed with -er deriving from Latin ‑ārius. However, an investigation of the relevant forms reveals that this is not the case. Rather, the attested forms point to a derivative with the rarer agent noun suffix deriving from Latin ‑ātor. |
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