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Wanderwort

Wanderwort logo #10101) German linguistic term
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Wanderwort

Wanderwort logo #21000 A Wanderwort (plural Wanderwörter, German for `wandering word` ) is a word that was spread among numerous languages and cultures, usually in connection with trade, so that it has become very difficult to establish its original etymology, or even its original language. The separation of wanderwörter from loanwords is not unambiguously possible,.....
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