Re: Letters with **three** cases?


Ar an ceathrú lá de mí Iúil, scríobh Lee Sau Dan:

> >>>>> "Peter" == Peter T Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >> Still, an eggplant looks just as much as an egg as der Erdapfel
> >> looks like an apple. :-)
>
> Peter> Isn't that a calque of pomme de terre? Which might refer to
> Peter> function rather than form.
>
> Which one is the origin? Erdapfel or pomme de terre?

The DEW doesn’t mention the French phrase in its discussion of the term, but
apparently it existed long before potatoes were introduced, referring to
various other plants among the ages.

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