Lallname

Significat (Anglès)

a hypocoristic form of a given name which is phonologically simplified in child language but enters adult use. Especially in ancient names of Asia Minor (in Anatolian languages such as Phrygian, Luwian, Hittite), but also used for other languages.

Conceptes

hipocorístic

Sinònims

Kosename

Hypokoristikum

Traduccions

koosnaam

koosnaampje

hypokorisma

hypocorism

hypokorisme

υποκόρισμα

hipocorístico

υποκοριστικό

hypocoristique

petit nom

ipocoristico

hipocorístico

vleinaam

pet name

nomignolo

Etimologia (Anglès)

From lallen (“babble, prattle”) + Name (“name”). A technical term in onomatology, first coined in 1896 (for ancient Greek) by Paul Kretschmer, Einleitung in die Geschichte der Griechischen Sprache, p. 334. Used for German names by A. Socin, Mittelhochdeutsches Namenbuch (1903).