Suffix Subtraction in West Frisian Personal Names

Abstract This article argues that the stock of personal names in Frisian can be enriched by means of omitting the diminutive suffix in diminutive names. Although suffix subtraction is not a common morphological process, either in general or in Frisian, assuming this process for this particular type of personal name formation provides an insightful and plausible analysis. The analysis also underlines the importance of paradigmatic relations in morphology, as formalized in Construction Morphology.*