Nov. 9th, 2023

[identity profile] skargasm.livejournal.com
Weird-ass day.

No sleep last night, migraine, counselling appointments, phone calls, book reviews and another chapter on my fic. I'm not sure if I'm making any sense and may well have to delete the chapter I posted but I decided to just post it and hope for the best.

Passing the torch to Dreamy and wishing you a creative and happy Friday!
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Wanderwort (noun)
wanderwort [ won-der-wawrt ]


noun
1. a loanword borrowed from one language and established in many unrelated languages, usually in a chain of adoption determined by established trade routes, and sometimes undergoing changes caused by contact with the native language of the dominant group where the word is adopted: “Tea” and “chai” are wanderworts that spread around the world as their namesake was traded, with “tea” more common along maritime routes, and “chai” the more common variant over land. | The wanderwort “cat” has forms like “qiṭṭ” in Arabic that look familiar even though Arabic and English are not related.

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1910–15; from German: literally, “wander word,” equivalent to wander(n) wander + Wort word

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