False etymology (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "False etymology" in English language version.

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doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Rundblad, Gabriella; Kronenfeld, David B. (2003-01-01). "The inevitability of folk etymology: a case of collective reality and invisible hands". Journal of Pragmatics. 35 (1): 119–138. doi:10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00059-0. ISSN 0378-2166.

google.com.au (Global: 5,954^th place; English: 3,036^th place)

Cacciafoco, Francesco Perono; Cavallaro, Francesco (2023). Place Names: Approaches and Perspectives in Toponymy and Toponomastics. Cambridge University Press. p. 47. ISBN 9781108490160.

oxforddictionaries.com (Global: 1,689^th place; English: 1,562^nd place)

"What is the origin of the word 'snob'?". Oxford Dictionaries Online. 2013-08-21. Archived from the original on December 30, 2011. Retrieved 2013-08-26.

palgrave.com (Global: low place; English: 9,331^st place)

Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2003). Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1403917232.

sciencedirect.com (Global: 137^th place; English: 146^th place)

Rundblad, Gabriella; Kronenfeld, David B. (2003-01-01). "The inevitability of folk etymology: a case of collective reality and invisible hands". Journal of Pragmatics. 35 (1): 119–138. doi:10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00059-0. ISSN 0378-2166.

snopes.com (Global: 1,669^th place; English: 1,125^th place)

Mikkelson, David (21 January 2017). "Picnic Pique". Snopes.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
"Etymology on the phrase 'passing the buck'". Snopes.com. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
"Etymology of Crowbar". Snopes.com. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 2015-07-12.

stackexchange.com (Global: 4,114^th place; English: 3,027^th place)

english.stackexchange.com

"nouns – Etymology of "snob"". English Language & Usage Stack Exchange. Retrieved 2013-08-26.

upenn.edu (Global: 784^th place; English: 498^th place)

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Zwicky, Arnold (2007-11-09). "Language Log: Gullibility in high places". Itre.cis.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
Liberman, Mark (2006-07-06). "Language Log: The bunkum of 'The Bunkum of Bunkum'?". Itre.cis.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2015-07-12.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"What is the origin of the word 'snob'?". Oxford Dictionaries Online. 2013-08-21. Archived from the original on December 30, 2011. Retrieved 2013-08-26.

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Rundblad, Gabriella; Kronenfeld, David B. (2003-01-01). "The inevitability of folk etymology: a case of collective reality and invisible hands". Journal of Pragmatics. 35 (1): 119–138. doi:10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00059-0. ISSN 0378-2166.

False etymology (English Wikipedia)

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; English: 2nd place)

google.com.au (Global: 5,954th place; English: 3,036th place)

oxforddictionaries.com (Global: 1,689th place; English: 1,562nd place)

palgrave.com (Global: low place; English: 9,331st place)

sciencedirect.com (Global: 137th place; English: 146th place)

snopes.com (Global: 1,669th place; English: 1,125th place)

stackexchange.com (Global: 4,114th place; English: 3,027th place)