Appendix:English Wanderwörter

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A Wanderwort or wanderword is a wordform which has spread over a substantial area, or to many regions, outside of that of its language of origin, typically due to cultural exchange resulting from travel and trade. This appendix lists English Wanderwörter with short etymologies.

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English word	Etymology
copper	Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros, “Cyprus”) → Latin Cyprus → Late Latin cuprum → Proto-West Germanic kop(p)r→ Old English copor* → Middle English coper
ginger	Proto-Dravidian cinki-wēr → Sanskrit शृङ्गवेर* (śṛṅgavera) → Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera) → Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis) → Latin zingiberi, gingiber → Old English gingifer → Middle English gingivere, gingere
orange	Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga) → Classical Persian (nārang) → Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj) → Italian arancia → Old French orenge → Middle English orenge, orange
silver	Proto-Germanic silubrą → Proto-West Germanic silubr → Old English seolfor, seolofor → Middle English silver, selver, sulver. Compare German Silber, Dutch zilver, Swedish silver, Danish sølv; Proto-Slavic sьrebro (with descendants in extant Slavic languages); Celtiberian silabur* "money"; and Basque zilar.
sugar	Proto-Indo-European ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”) → Sanskrit शर्करा* (śarkarā, “ground or candied sugar”)→ Persian (šakar) → Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar) → Old Italian zucchero → Old French çucre → Middle English sucre, sugre