Jörg Knappen<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://glammr.us/@overholt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>overholt</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@researchbuzz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>researchbuzz</span></a></span> </p><p>Searching for early uses of the term "ergative" I came across a Google book published in the early 19th century with the alledged phrase <br>"ergativ elektrisch werdende".<br>Here, two-column layout and hyphenation did the trick.</p><p><a href="https://www.google.de/books/edition/Deutsche_Zeitschriften_des_18_und_19_Jah/RNtScV-rRTUC?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=Ergativ&pg=PA405&printsec=frontcover" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">google.de/books/edition/Deutsc</span><span class="invisible">he_Zeitschriften_des_18_und_19_Jah/RNtScV-rRTUC?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=Ergativ&pg=PA405&printsec=frontcover</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nfdi.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://nfdi.social/tags/ergative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ergative</span></a> <a href="https://nfdi.social/tags/OCR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OCR</span></a> <a href="https://nfdi.social/tags/epicFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epicFail</span></a></p>