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Directions of etymological studies

Author(s): Penyo St. Penev
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: folk etymology; scientific etymology; forced etymology

Summary/Abstract: In a short article the German librarian and historian Ernst Förstemann (1852) raises the issue about folk etymology being a new branch of linguistics and outlines three areas of etymological work: folk etymology, scientific etymology and forced etymology. The present article provides interesting examples of forced etymology in Bulgarian lexicology.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 45-50
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Bulgarian