[-ish] Ireland, Scotland = Irish, Scottish

[-an] Morocco, Germany = Moroccan, German

[-ese] Portugal, China = Portuguese, Chinese

What rule is at play here? 🤔

Cheers!

    • @Outsider9042
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      117 months ago

      Iceland = Icelandic

      Thailand != Thailandic

      • @[email protected]
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        67 months ago

        Thailand comes from adding the Germanic -land suffix to the demonym Thai, a common pattern for non-Indo-European places. There’s also Swaziland and Somaliland (though there is also a Somalia).

      • teft
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        27 months ago

        So we should call them Ices from now on?

      • synae[he/him]
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        17 months ago

        As an outsider I’ll say that “Kiwi” is an awesome name for you folks.

        (hope I don’t assume too much based on the instance name)