Talk:napoleontisch

The -t- seems quite anomalous, occurring only in languages influenced by Dutch. Do any of you know from where it comes? ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  10:44, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Greek influence is really all I can think of. But why, I have no clue. —Rua (mew) 10:48, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Same, don't know for sure. I think Rua has the right guess that it's by analogy w/ Greek words in -ōn (not -on!) of the third declension. — Mnemosientje (t · c) 11:29, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Compare kameleontisch, which has a t for the same reason, stemming from . --Lambiam 11:47, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks to all for your comments. I'll add something like "possibly influenced by Greek leon". Modern Greek apparently also inserts a tau. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  11:58, 15 November 2019 (UTC)