Table 2. Rank values according to connectivity within the network.
German 18th century | German 20th century | English 18th entury | English end 20th entury | |||||
Morpheme | Rank | Morpheme | Rank | Morpheme | Rank | Morpheme | Rank | |
Affixes | en | 1 | en | 2 | Un | 3 | un | 10 |
ver | 4 | ver | 5 | Ly | 5 | ly | 8 | |
Common base morphemes | wasser (water) | 15 | wasser (water) | 30 | Water | 199.5 | water | 148 |
holz (wood) | 18 | holz (wood) | 44 | Wood | 156.5 | wood | 102.5 | |
haus (house) | 26 | haus (house) | 29 | House | 108.5 | house | 146 | |
Terms from nature | baum (tree) | 20 | baum (tree) | 82.5 | Sea | 88.5 | sea | 160 |
kraut (herb) | 23 | kraut (herb) | 549 | Wort | 95 | wort | 4987.5 | |
Terms from work and leisure time | zeit (time) | 89.5 | zeit (time) | 31 | Time | 298.5 | time | 152 |
dienst (service) | 159 | dienst (service) | 46 | Life | 1073 | life | 268 | |
spiel (game, play) | 138.5 | spiel (game, play) | 50 | Free | 335 | free | 169 |