John Cowan
> I have been trying to collect autological linguistics terms (those which
> apply, or can be applied, to themselves). So far I have:
>
> savarabakhti < svarabakhti 'a vowel inserted
> into a consonant cluster to ease pronunciation'
>
> haplogy < haplology 'the omission of one of two identical
> consecutive syllables.
>
> Any inspiration? I'm working on something for "folk etymology"
> right now; so far the best I have is "fork etymology".
* syncop
* pocope
[or do I have those the wrong way round?]
* methatesis
* "This verb has been conversioned from a noun."
* portition [< fortition]
Anyone with a dictionary of linguistics handy should be able to
rattle off another couple of dozen.
--And.