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-D (-T) plural ending new_etymology April 29 2021, 20:41:53 UTC
KOSK (Est.), KOSKI (Fin., Karelian), KOS'K (Vepssian) - a waterfall (sing.);
KOSED (Est.), etc. - waterfalls (pl., with -D(-T) being the Finnic (and Celtic) plural ending).

-> CASCADE (Eng.), CASCADA (Sp.), KASKAD (Sw.), КАСКАД [KASKAD] (Rus.) - a waterfall, or a series of waterfalls (with -D already absorbed in the 'I.-E.' langs as if it were a part of the stem!); CASCADE-S, CASCADA-S, KASKAD-ER, КАСКАД-Ы - same words in plural, but with the 'I.-E.' plural endings added upon the already existing Finnic (or Celtic) plural ending.



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