THE ORIGINS OF ENGLISH GUINEA PIG AND GERMAN MEERSCHWEINCHEN AGAIN
THE ORIGINS OF ENGLISH GUINEA PIG AND GERMAN MEERSCHWEINCHEN AGAIN
Author(s): John ConsidineSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: etymology; English language; German language; post-classical Latin language; biological terminology;
Summary/Abstract: This is a note to support and expand recent work on the etymology of German Meerschweinchen, English guinea pig, and related forms with a body of dated evidence, including new first attestations for English guinea pig and Polish świnka morska.
Journal: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
- Issue Year: 136/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 1-7
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English