folkeetymologi
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From folk + -e- + etymologi, after German Volksetymologie
Noun
folkeetymologi m (definite singular folkeetymologien, indefinite plural folkeetymologier, definite plural folkeetymologiene)
- (linguistics) folk etymology
Derived terms
- folkeetymologisk
References
- “folkeetymologi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “folkeetymologi” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From folk + -e- + etymologi, after German Volksetymologie
Noun
folkeetymologi m (definite singular folkeetymologien, indefinite plural folkeetymologiar, definite plural folkeetymologiane)
- (linguistics) folk etymology
Derived terms
- folkeetymologisk
References
- “folkeetymologi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.