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Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by engineer_22 on Monday February 10, 2025 @12:36PM (#43002864)
Yes, but it's archaic

Some places sell munchkins (little donuts)

and we send our 4-5 yr old children to Kindergarden

but we dont stick it to the end of words like inho/inha in portuguese or ito/ita in spanish

Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by triyambakam on Monday February 10, 2025 @12:40PM (#43002913)
Kindergarten is not a diminutive but loan word from German.
Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by leereeves on Monday February 10, 2025 @12:41PM (#43002930)
Kindergarden comes from German, where "kind" means child.