yanlış kökenleme

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Türkçe - İngilizce
(Dilbilim) folk etymology
A modification of a word resulting from a misunderstanding of its etymology, as with island, belfry, and hangnail
Such a misunderstanding; a false etymology that incorrectly explains the origin of a word
Change in the form of a word or phrase resulting from a mistaken assumption about its composition or meaning, as in shamefaced for earlier shamfast, "bound by shame," or cutlet from French côtelette, "little rib
a popular but erroneous etymology
yanlış kökenleme