[-ish] Ireland, Scotland = Irish, Scottish
[-an] Morocco, Germany = Moroccan, German
[-ese] Portugal, China = Portuguese, Chinese
What rule is at play here? 🤔
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Iceland = Icelandic
Thailand != Thailandic
Don’t forget Englandic people.
Nah they’re Engl
And Finnlandic
And Titanic! Wait… No.
So we should call them Ices from now on?
Mmm… Icees…
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).
