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Thread #169535   Message #4097695
Posted By: DaveRo
15-Mar-21 - 03:36 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: about two German words
Subject: RE: Folklore: about two German words
Jack Campin wrote: "dilmaç" is still current for "interpreter". [in Turkish] "Dil" is "tongue" or "language", "-maç" must be a no-longer-productive suffix.
"-maç" seems to have been used to make a noun from a verb (ref) - which is the opposite of what you might expect in this case.