Abstract
Although folk etymology is a common linguistic phenomenon, it has hitherto hardly been touched upon in lexicological and other works related to varieties of Neo-Aramaic. The present article concerns twelve cases of folk etymology selected from some of the dialects of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA), the largest and most variegated division of modern Aramaic. Among these are three folk-etymological interpretations that did not induce structural or other changes, as well as nine cases of folk-etymological processes that reshaped NENA lexical items.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 215-233 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Aramaic Studies |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Folk etymology
- Folk-etymological alteration
- Folk-etymological interpretation
- Lexical cognates
- NENA
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Language and Linguistics
- Religious studies
- Linguistics and Language