Stujul

Can you please fix any mistakes you spot? FinalCeiling (talk) 13:04, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Re: diff on -e

Hey, it seems to me to be mistaken to conflate the suffix -e as in archeologe, assistente etc. with the ending -e as seen in Hollandse, Duitse, Amerikaanse and so forth. While the former suffix is probably from French in most cases, as you correctly indicated in your edit, instances of the latter surely just represent nominalized instances of the inflected form of the adjectives to which they belong? — Mnemosientje (t · c) 13:12, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Hey, yes, I think you're right in saying that these are two different usages of the suffix. I think the reason they were conflated is because of the "female" aspect. I will move this part of the sense at Etymology 1 to a new sense under Etymology 4.

On the same topic, I suppose words like wiskundige should also be analyzed as formed with this suffixed. Some of these are currently analysed as formed with a suffix -ige (see Category:Dutch terms suffixed with -ige).

Stujul (talk) 10:16, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

I am unsure about -ige: I think -ig + -e also makes sense here, perhaps more so than viewing it as a single suffix, but on the other hand it was added by an experienced editor, @Rua -- maybe she can give her view on the matter? — Mnemosientje (t · c) 07:20, 26 August 2024 (UTC)