wanderword
noun/ˈwɒndəˌwɔːd/UK/ˈwɑndɚˌwɔɹd/US
Etymology
From wander + word, a calque of German Wanderwort.
Definitions
Synonym of Wanderwort (“a loanword that has spread to many different languages, often…
Synonym of Wanderwort (“a loanword that has spread to many different languages, often through trade or the adoption of foreign cultural practices”).
- It is perhaps, therefore, a late 'wander-word' of the southeast of the IE world, Semitic and Sumerian.
- In this general context, Mallory's dismissal (1989, 150) of this “comparison that simply will not go away” as a mere “wander word” clearly illustrates his ideological position.
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