LL-L 'Etymology' 2007.01.25 (01) [E]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2007.01.24 (03) [E]

 From: R. F. Hahn < sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

By the way, lautmalerisch is not the only possibility in German; the other
is tonmalerisch, and the technical term is onomatopoetisch ~
onomatopoeietisch. The equivalent nouns are and Lautmalerei and Tonmalerei for
the phenomenon as well as for a word, and an onomatopoetic word may also be
called Schallwort.  I have heard Klangnachahmung used as well. The technical
equivalents are Onomatopoesie, Onomatopöie and Onomatopoiie, a word also
Onomatopoetikon, Onomatopöietikon or Onomatopoiietikon.

In Dutch, an onomatopetic word is an onomatopee or a klanknabootsing.

Other languages have similar choices between loanwords and native-based
constructions; e.g., Norwegian onomatopoetikon ~ lydord, Polish onomatopeja ~
dźwiękonaśladownictwo, Slovenian onomatopeja ~posnemovalna beseda.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

Thanks Ron;

I hereby propose "clangword" or "clangerword" for English!

Paul Finlow-Bates
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