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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Suffix -el to -le #230790 12/15/2020 4:33 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 2 san miguel de allende geoffhargreaves stranger geoffhargreaves stranger Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 2 san miguel de allende Can anyone suggest why and when the Anglo-Saxon suffix -el was changed to -le, but keeping the same pronunciation? E.g. "riddel" in A-S became "riddle". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Suffix -el to -le geoffhargreaves #230791 12/15/2020 5:49 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water WELCOME ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Suffix -el to -le LukeJavan8 #230814 12/23/2020 3:41 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,466 Likes: 10 London, UK A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,466 Likes: 10 London, UK I suspect that the spelling change was due to some change in pronunciation. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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