Lallname

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

ipocoristico

nomignolo

sinonimi

Kosename

Hypokoristikum

Traduzioni

koosnaam

hypokorisma

koosnaampje

hypocorism

hypokorisme

υποκόρισμα

hipocorístico

υποκοριστικό

hypocoristique

petit nom

hipocorístico

hipocorístic

pet name

vleinaam

Etimologia (Inglese)

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).