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Prothesis (linguistics)




The opposite phenomenon is called Aphesis .


PROTHESIS IN WORD BORROWING/DERIVATION


Prothesis may be a form of word Corruption during borrowing from foreign languages or during derivation from protolanguages.

For example, /s/ + stop clusters in Latin gained a preceding /e/ in Old Spanish and Old French ; hence, the Spanish word for "state" is "estado," deriving from Latin "status."

Some Turkic Languages avoid certain combinations of consonants at the beginning of a word. Therefore Smyrna is called Izmir in Turkey and "machine" is ''"amashina"'' in Abkhaz Language .

In some dialects of Nenets Language , the initial syllable cannot start with a Vowel , therefore when borrowing the initial Nasal Consonant prothesis ''ng'' {Link without Title} is used.

Hindi borrowing from English words with initial ''i''; sp-, sk- or sm- clusters: school → iskuul, special → ispesal.