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Wanderwort

noun
/ˈwɒndəˌwɜːt/UK/ˈwɑndɚˌwɚt/US

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Wanderwort, from wandern (“to wander”) + Wort (“word”). Wandern is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, to wind”), and Wort from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”). The plural forms Wanderworte and Wanderwörter are also borrowed from German Wanderworte and Wanderwörter.

  1. borrowed from Wanderworte
  2. derived from *werh₁-✻ — “to say, speak”
  3. derived from *wendʰ-✻ — “to turn, to wind”

Definitions

  1. A loanword that has spread to many different languages, often through trade or the…

    A loanword that has spread to many different languages, often through trade or the adoption of foreign cultural practices.

    • Mrs. [Agnes Smith] Lewis has correctly observed that many corrections in the old papyri (things which no doubt the διορωτής corrected) were misinterpreted by the ancients (hence what [Adalbert] Merx calls "Wanderwörte").
    • Hittite t/dapar- "leiten, verwalten, regieren" (and also with the Glossenkeil) is connected and we are in the presence of a Wanderwort that ultimately derives from the above Capp[adocian] *labar- "herrschen".

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Wanderwort.

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