Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoIt's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1843arrow-down112
arrow-up1831arrow-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 · 7 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-27 months agoEnglish is a germanic language. Is loanword an actual calque, and not an “evolved” version of a root word?
minus-squaresparkle@lemm.eelinkfedilinkCymraegarrow-up6·edit-27 months agoNo, it was imported from German. Frisian and Dutch have “lienwurd” and “leenwoord” too (also calqued from German)
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 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.
English is a germanic language. Is loanword an actual calque, and not an “evolved” version of a root word?
No, it was imported from German. Frisian and Dutch have “lienwurd” and “leenwoord” too (also calqued from German)
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.