Rara #24

Legacy number: 24

 Number  24
 Phenomenon  a derivational rule for forming nouns denoting plants from nouns denoting their fruits, and also nouns denoting containers from nouns denoting their characteristic contents
 Found in  French (Romance, IE) Dutch (esp. Flemish; Germanic IE)
 Domain  morphology: word formation — derivational categories
 Type  rarissimum
 Keywords  denominal nouns
 Source  p.c. Ton van der Wouden (for Dutch)
 Violates  none

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e.g., French pomm-ier ?apple tree?, frambois-ier ?raspberry bush?,vinaigr-ier ?vinegar flask?; Dutch kastanje-laar ?chestnut tree?
Comment
Frans Plank · 21 Sep 2006
e.g., French pomm-ier 'apple tree', frambois-ier 'raspberry bush', vinaigr-ier 'vinegar flask';
Dutch kastanje-laar 'chestnut tree'