Words one can get confused

[Machine_Elf]

@Lumpy

I’ve wondered if there is a formal set of rules for which suffixes are used to name a people after a place: -ite -ian -on -an etc.

You might find this thread to be of interest:

the variation of forms for national names used as adjectives

Apologies if the subject doesn’t make any sense, but here’s what I’m talking about. If you want to describe someone or something as being from or related to a certain country, you use an adjective form of that country’s name. Example, Terrence and Phillip are from Canada; they are Canadian. My puzzlement has to do with the many different forms that get used when making adjectives out of various countries’ or regions’ names. England --> English. OK, got it. Finland --> Finnish. What, whe…