December 29, 2023, 08:33
BobHaleFavourite fact from "No Such Thing As A Fish"
Heard today on the final episode of the year of the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast.
The word "loanword" is a calque and the word "calque" is a loanword.
December 29, 2023, 09:13
BobHaleIt does remind me of my favourite trio of English/French/German words
The French dent-de-lion became the English Dandelion : a slightly corrupted loanword
The German is Loewenzahn.
Both the French and German literally mean "lion's tooth" because of the shape of the leaves though I have no idea which was the earlier word. Whichever way it went it's a calque.
December 30, 2023, 06:57
GeoffAnd Zahnrad is German for gear (toothed wheel) To design them they use calqueulus.