Chapter 10 Etymology

Question 1

What did lord, lady, pantry mean?

Answer 1

Loaf ward, bread keeper, loaf kneader and pantry is the place for keeping bread

Question 2

What are cognates?

Answer 2

Words in different languages that share a common origin

Question 3

An example of cognates?

Answer 3

English bread, Danish brod, Dutch brood and German brot.

Question 4

What is Grimm’s law?

Answer 4

There is a consonant correlation between the classical languages and romance languages on one hand, and the germanic languages on another

Question 5

Give examples of: Classical, Germanic and Romance languages.

Answer 5

Classical: Latin, Greek & French
Germanic: English & German
Romance: Spanish & Italian

Question 6

Discuss Grimm’s Law

Answer 6

1. Voiceless stops become voiceless fricatives
2. Voiced stops become voiceless stops
3. Voiced aspirates stops lose aspiration

Question 7

Discuss Grimm’s Law in terms of phonetics

Answer 7

1. /p,t,k/ become /f,three,h/
2. /b,d,g/ become /p,t,k/
3. /bh,dh,gh/ become /b,d,g/

Question 8

What is folk etymology?

Answer 8

A change in spelling or form resulting from replacing an unfamiliar form with a mire familiar one.
Speakers of a language find a word with a difficult pronunciation so they replace it with a more common pronunciation.

Question 9

Examples on folk etymology?

Answer 9

Asparagus (sparrow grass)
Hamburger (from hamburg)
Orange (narinj)
Artichoke

Question 10

What is etymology?

Answer 10

The study of the origins of words