Original: The de Wahl 's Rule is a rule of word formation , developed by the Balto-German naval officer and teacher Edgar de Wahl and applied in the artificial language Interlingue ( also called '' Occidental '' ) which was also his creation .
Simplified: De Wahl 's rule is a rule of word formation , developed by the linguist Edgar de Wahl and applied in a constructed language Occidental ( known also as '' Interlingue '' ) created by him .