Etymology

sideform

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Today it means: An alternative or variant form of a word or morpheme. Full definition →

Norwegian sideform ← German Nebenform
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The story

  1. German · calque ofNebenform
  2. Norwegian · learned borrowing fromsideform
  3. English todaysideform

Uncertain. Apparent etymologies include a learned borrowing from Norwegian sideform, a calque of German Nebenform, and a compound of side + form.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.