Re: OT question about elves
It's also phonetically related to Latin:
"en" means "in"
So American (pronounced Ahmehreghkin) means an adjective describing something being related "in" America.
"Ish" does mean "like" as in "it's saucer-like in appearance". Ish implies a disassociation with the connected noun. So Elvish would be anything like an Elf but disassociated with an Elf.
Also, phoneticaly "Elven" is "Elfen" and you start to understand from a phonetical perspective that it's literally "Elf in".
Elf in
Elf like
This is the basic difference between "en" and "ish".
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