Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agoIt's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageIt's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoEnglish is a germanic language. Is loanword and actual calque, and not an “evolved” version of a root word?
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoLoanword came into the language around 1860 so it is a claque. If it had been in the vocabulary since old-english then it would just be an evolved version of the German root.
minus-squaresparkle@lemm.eelinkfedilinkCymraegarrow-up0·edit-211 months agoNo, it was imported from German. Frisian and Dutch have “lienwurd” and “leenwoord” too (also calqued from German)
English is a germanic language. Is loanword and actual calque, and not an “evolved” version of a root word?
Loanword came into the language around 1860 so it is a claque. If it had been in the vocabulary since old-english then it would just be an evolved version of the German root.
No, it was imported from German. Frisian and Dutch have “lienwurd” and “leenwoord” too (also calqued from German)