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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Volksetymologie. Equivalent to volk + -s- + etymologie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɔlks.eː.ti.moː.loːˌɣi/
- Hyphenation: volks‧ety‧mo‧lo‧gie
Noun
volksetymologie f (plural volksetymologieën)
- folk etymology (modification of a word or its spelling resulting from a misunderstanding of its etymology)
- 1859, G.L. van den Helm, quoted in "Nalezing", De Taalgids, vol. 1, pages 308 and 309.
‘Uit een opstel van J. Grimm (Haupt, VIII. 1 volgg.) leer ik den eigennaam Hagenwald kennen, door hem (bl. 5) tot het frankische Hagenvaldus teruggebragt. Mag Haeg aen veld, die zich toch ook op, of althans nabij de wieg der frankische sagen beweegt, niet voor één met dezen Hagenwald verklaard worden, aannemende dat de w tot v verdraaid is, om den wille der volksetymologie door Van Hoogstraten voorgedragen?’- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- folk etymology (incorrect etymology based on an inexpert misunderstanding)
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