Etymograph

English

Gruppenflexion

Gruppenflexion comes from German Gruppenflexion ‘group inflection’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentGruppenflexion‘group inflection’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentGruppenflexion‘group inflection’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun The practice, for example in Tibetan and Tocharian, of inflecting noun phrases with case by only inflecting the last word of the noun phrase with said case.

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Etymograph / German Gruppenflexion / Gruppenflexion