kansanetymologia
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Calque of German Volksetymologie; kansan (“people's”) + etymologia (“etymology”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsɑnˌetymoˌloɡiɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝nˌe̞t̪ymo̞ˌlo̞ɡiɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -oɡiɑ
- Syllabification(key): kan‧san‧e‧ty‧mo‧lo‧gi‧a
Noun edit
kansanetymologia
- folk etymology (false etymology that incorrectly explains the origin of a word; modification of a word or its spelling)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “kansanetymologia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02