Folk Etymology in the North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic Dialects

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)...

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Published in:Aramaic studies
Main Author: Mutsafi, Ḥezi 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2018]
In: Aramaic studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Aramaic language / Appendix:Neo / Popular etymology
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
Further subjects:B folk-etymological alteration
B folk etymology
B folk-etymological interpretation
B lexical cognates
B NENA
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1745-5227
Contains:Enthalten in: Aramaic studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455227-01602007