| Title |
Author |
Type |
Date |
Words |
| Viewing Proto-Dravidian from the Northeast. |
Kobayashi, Masato |
Report |
Apr 1, 2020 |
8571 |
| MORE ETYMOLOGICAL CURIOSITIES. |
Anil |
|
Feb 1, 2019 |
677 |
| Antimony [an'ti-mo"ne]. |
Walker, Mark D. |
Brief article |
Aug 1, 2018 |
285 |
| Plague [plag]. |
Henry, Ronnie |
Report |
Jan 1, 2018 |
326 |
| The etymology of Aramaic (and Hebrew) [square root of (term)]prns 'to distribute, supply'. |
Butts, Aaron Michael |
Essay |
Apr 1, 2017 |
4594 |
| Sparganosis [spahr"ge-no'sis]. |
Henry, Ronnie |
Brief article |
Apr 1, 2017 |
281 |
| Shock and awe. |
|
Brief article |
Apr 1, 2017 |
187 |
| A proposed Indo-Aryan etymology for Hurrian timer(i)/timar(i). |
Burgin, James Michael |
|
Jan 1, 2017 |
2195 |
| On the possible Baltic origin of the early Proto-Finnic *lecca *'bellows'/Uber eine mogliche baltische herkunft von fruhosfi. *lecca *'blasebalg'. |
Vaba, Lembit |
Report |
Sep 1, 2016 |
1991 |
| Middle English names of merchants: etymology and aspects of usage. |
Dobrovolska, Oxana |
Report |
Sep 1, 2016 |
12526 |
| Bide nu aet gode [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] aetic grecisc cunne: attitudes to Greek and the Greeks in the Anglo-Saxon period. |
Timofeeva, Olga |
Report |
Jun 1, 2016 |
8708 |
| Two Scottish etymologies for English words. |
Sayers, William |
|
Jan 1, 2016 |
3101 |
| The etymology of Scots gyte 'mad, out of one's senses'. |
Sayers, William |
|
Jan 1, 2016 |
1709 |
| On two derivational phenomena in Judeo-Spanish. |
Schwarzwald, Ora (Rodrigue) |
Report |
Sep 1, 2015 |
5358 |
| Surveillance [ser-val'ens]. |
|
|
Sep 1, 2015 |
175 |
| A reassessment of the Hebrew negative interrogative particle hl'. |
McAffee, Matthew |
Essay |
Jan 1, 2015 |
10117 |
| Austronesian languages in south Sulawesi: a potrait of proto Makassar language. |
Latif, Muhammad Nur |
Report |
Jan 1, 2015 |
2146 |
| The awakened lord: the name of the Buddha in East Asia. |
Pellard, Thomas |
Essay |
Oct 1, 2014 |
6326 |
| Bacillus anthracis [be-sil'es an-thra'sis]. |
|
Report |
Sep 1, 2014 |
219 |
| Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii. |
|
Report |
Mar 1, 2014 |
317 |
| On the development and categorization of Estonian fish names/Uber die entstehung und klassifizierung Estnischer fischbezeichnungen. |
Kendla, Mari |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2014 |
6267 |
| The literary character between philosophy and life: archive of characters, themes, places. |
Georgescu, Nicolae; Coman, Ruxandra |
Report |
Jan 1, 2014 |
2564 |
| Verbs for 'be' and copulas in Uralic languages/Seinsverben und kopulae im uralischen. |
Honti, Laszlo |
Report |
Dec 1, 2013 |
13925 |
| Bringing the paign: what we can learn from etymology and an ancient general. |
Lager, Marshall |
Viewpoint essay |
Oct 1, 2013 |
688 |
| Verona integron. |
|
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2013 |
227 |
| The typology of nonintegrated words in Hebrew. |
Schwarzwald, Ora "Rodrigue" |
Report |
Jun 1, 2013 |
5046 |
| Acinetobacter [asci-net'o-bak'tar]. |
|
Report |
May 1, 2013 |
345 |
| Say what? |
Wayman, Erin |
Brief article |
Jan 12, 2013 |
121 |
| Etymoligia. |
|
Brief article |
Jan 1, 2013 |
230 |
| Ugaritic nhl and udbr: etymology and semantic field. |
Del Olmo Lete, Gregorio |
Essay |
Oct 1, 2012 |
5934 |
| The peculiar history of the ethnonym "Temiar". |
Benjamin, Geoffrey |
Report |
Oct 1, 2012 |
10060 |
| Etymologia: prion. |
Schonberger, Lawrence B.; Schonberger, Robert B. |
Letter to the editor |
Jun 1, 2012 |
450 |
| Terms for 'doll' in finnic languages/Puppenbezeichnungen in den ostseefinnischen sprachen. |
Oja, Vilja |
Report |
Jun 1, 2012 |
5663 |
| Hidden divinities. |
Moore, Michael |
Essay |
Apr 1, 2012 |
1516 |
| WordBuzz: Mistweetment. |
|
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2012 |
136 |
| Cholera. |
Mannikko, Nancy |
Brief article |
Nov 1, 2011 |
239 |
| Understanding word roots: it's Greek to me! |
|
|
Sep 19, 2011 |
262 |
| Three North Samoyedic prohibitive auxiliaries: nenets no-, no-, nu-, nu-, nganasan ne- and enets i-. |
Kunnap, Ago |
Report |
Jun 1, 2010 |
1803 |
| Vanilla vaginas: strange bedfellows. |
Anil |
|
May 1, 2010 |
1646 |
| Pauls Balodis, Latviesu personvardu etimologiskas semantikas teoretiskais modelis un ta realizacija. Theoretical model of the etymological semantics of Latvian personal names and its realization. |
Vaba, Lembit |
Report |
Mar 1, 2010 |
1855 |
| Etymologia. |
|
Disease/Disorder overview |
Mar 1, 2010 |
230 |
| New etymologies for some Japanese time-words. |
Unger, J. Marshall |
|
Jan 1, 2010 |
4231 |
| Hittite menahhanda. |
Nikolaev, Alexander |
|
Jan 1, 2010 |
6161 |
| Livonian and Leivu: shared innovations and problems. |
Viitso, Tiit-Rein |
Report |
Dec 1, 2009 |
6388 |
| Obscure place name elements ura and ora in South Estonian. |
Faster, Mariko |
Report |
Dec 1, 2009 |
3070 |
| Punderful etymologies. |
Lederer, Richard |
|
May 1, 2009 |
784 |
| On the origin of the Estonian words mesilassulem 'swarm of bees' and kosal 'light hive for catching swarming bees'/Uber die herkunft der estnischen Worter (mesilas)sulem '(bienen)schwarm' und kosal 'waldbienenstock'/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]. |
Vaba, Lembit |
Report |
Mar 1, 2009 |
261 |
| Where they are coming from. |
Ashley, Leonard R.N. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2007 |
242 |
| I see where you are coming from. |
Ashley, Leonard R.N. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2007 |
245 |
| Hemingway and the OED. |
Oliver, Charles M. |
Critical essay |
Mar 22, 2007 |
2915 |
| The nature of Tibetan plant nomenclature. |
Boesi, Alessandro |
Report |
Mar 22, 2007 |
10965 |
| The etymology and meanings of eldritch. |
Hall, Alaric |
|
Jan 1, 2007 |
3173 |
| Anglo-Scandinavian trade or paganism? OE haeden in the first Cleopatra glossary. |
Pons-Sanz, Sara M. |
|
Jul 1, 2006 |
7685 |
| Did XANADU derive from XAMDU or XAINDU? |
Fleissner, Robert F. |
|
May 1, 2006 |
398 |
| Etymology of sexual terms. |
Ashley, Leonard R.N. |
Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2006 |
197 |
| The ausbau of present-day Scots. |
Schmitt, Holger |
Critical essay |
Jan 1, 2006 |
12138 |
| Three Celtic names: Venicones, Tuesis and Soutra. |
Breeze, Andrew |
|
Jan 1, 2006 |
3877 |
| In Chaucer's time ...: the liberating joy of do-it-yourself etymologies. |
Caws-Elwitt, Jonathan |
|
Sep 22, 2005 |
958 |
| Emails to an etymologist. |
Quinion, Michael |
|
Mar 22, 2005 |
1033 |
| The distinctiveness of the Doric: home-grown or imported (1)? |
Lorvik, Marjorie |
|
Jan 1, 2005 |
14160 |
| Ptolemy's Taexali, Caelis, Loxa and Eitis. |
Breeze, Andrew |
|
Jan 1, 2005 |
4617 |
| The language of LSD. |
Humphries, Raymond |
|
Dec 22, 2004 |
1279 |
| What's in a word? On etymological slurs. |
Moore, Michael |
|
Jun 22, 2002 |
1741 |
| Catch me before I kill more: seriality as modern monstrosity. |
Jenkins, Philip |
|
Jan 1, 2002 |
7926 |
| Friend and Foe - Etymology of Alcohol. |
Hajar, Rachel |
Brief Article |
Nov 1, 2001 |
189 |
| KING COTTON. |
BUCHER, MARCEL |
Brief Article |
Sep 1, 2001 |
485 |
| Suppletion, lexical meaning, semantic primitives, and translation data(*). |
MYHILL, JOHN |
|
Jul 1, 2001 |
18326 |
| Diverse Indo-Iranian Etymological Notes. |
HAMP, ERIC P. |
|
Jan 1, 2001 |
1236 |
| Singular definite expressions with a unique denotatum and the limits of properhood(*). |
COATES, RICHARD |
|
Nov 1, 2000 |
5968 |
| UNDERSTANDING ANCIENT CHINESE SOCIETY: APPROACHES TO REN [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] AND MIN [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]. |
GASSMANN, ROBERT H. |
|
Jul 1, 2000 |
9706 |
| TATTOO IN EARLY CHINA. |
REED, CARRIE E. |
|
Jul 1, 2000 |
15718 |
| BABYLONIAN DIPLOMACY IN THE AMARNA LETTERS. |
WESTBROOK, RAYMOND |
|
Jul 1, 2000 |
4453 |
| SUMERIAN PROVERBS IN THEIR CURRICULAR CONTEXT. |
VELDHUIS, NIEK |
|
Jul 1, 2000 |
10125 |
| Explaining grammaticalization (the standard way)(1). |
GEURTS, BART |
|
Jul 1, 2000 |
3331 |
| The relevance of extravagance: a reply to Bart Geurts(*). |
HASPELMATH, MARTIN |
|
Jul 1, 2000 |
3468 |
| John Horne Tooke and the Grammar of Political Experience. |
LAMARRE, PAUL |
|
Mar 22, 1998 |
8023 |
| Of mops and puppets: the ambiguous use of the word 'mop' in the Towneley Shepherds' plays. |
Oosterwijk, Sophie |
|
Jun 1, 1997 |
1860 |
| Familiariarity breeds contempt: on the use of 'well-known' in OED. |
Chardonnens, L.S. |
Product/Service Evaluation |
Jun 1, 1997 |
619 |
| Worries about words. |
Lester, Toby |
|
Dec 22, 1995 |
1319 |
| On *Hjarthar-By(r) 'Herd Farm.'(Notes.) |
Hough, Carole |
|
Sep 1, 1995 |
596 |
| Aelfric's trud 'buffoon': old Irish druth 'buffoon.' |
|
|
Jun 1, 1995 |
1242 |
| Chaucer's 'Malkin' and Dafydd AP Gwilym's 'Mald y Cwd.' |
Breeze, Andrew |
|
Jun 1, 1995 |
1098 |
| Evolution and applications of the term consumerism: theme and variations. |
Swagler, Roger |
|
Dec 22, 1994 |
5168 |
| Modern Persian verb stems revisited. |
Henderson, Michael M.T. |
|
Oct 1, 1994 |
2135 |
| Call for research materials for 'The Oxford English Dictionary.' |
|
|
Sep 1, 1994 |
410 |
| Celtic etymologies for 'brisk' 'active,lively' and 'caddow' 'woolen covering.' |
Breeze, Andrew |
|
Sep 1, 1994 |
2172 |
| A possible etymology for Scots Smirr 'traces of rain in the wind.' |
Millar, Robert McColl |
|
Sep 1, 1994 |
1599 |
| On Milton's use of the noun wind-egg. |
Ronnick, Michele Valerie |
|
Jun 1, 1994 |
787 |
| Swift's use of 'personate' to indicate parody. |
Terry, Richard |
|
Jun 1, 1994 |
1725 |
| The Aldhelm gloss 'Constantina: demera (ClGl 1). |
Torkar, Roland |
|
Dec 1, 1993 |
2156 |
| Wered 'sweet drink' at 'Beowulf' 496: Welsh gwirod 'liquor, drink.' |
Breeze, Andrew |
|
Dec 1, 1993 |
1386 |
| Dafydd ap Gwilym's 'the clock' and foliot 'decoy bird' in 'The Owl and the Nightingale.' |
Breeze, Andrew |
|
Dec 1, 1993 |
1069 |
| 'Tikes' at 'Piers Plowman' B.XIX.37: Welsh taeog 'serf, bondman.' |
Breeze, Andrew |
|
Dec 1, 1993 |
2047 |
| Problems of documentation in late Middle English variation. |
Goerlach, Manfred |
|
Dec 1, 1993 |
1194 |
| Hittite zinni-, tuwarni-, zig and related matters. |
Barton, Charles R. |
|
Oct 1, 1993 |
9523 |
| Celtic etymologies for Old English cursung 'curse,' gafeluc 'javelin,' staer 'history,' syrce 'coat of mail,' and Middle English clog(ge) 'block, wooden shoe,' cokkunge 'striving,' tirven 'to flay,' warroke 'hunchback.' |
Breeze, Andrew |
|
Sep 1, 1993 |
7504 |
| The Hebrew roots of the English language. |
Besserman, Lawrence |
|
Sep 22, 1992 |
3616 |
| To be correct, say it isn't so. |
Smith, Wen |
|
Nov 1, 1991 |
734 |
