Further Examples
See the following articles that discuss folk etymologies for their subjects:
- belfry (architecture)
- blunderbuss
- chaise longue
- crawfish
- dormouse
- ducking stool
- Jerusalem artichoke (from Italian, girasole)
- Jordan almonds (from French, jardin)
- pumpernickle
- serviceberry (Sorbus)
- Welsh rarebit
- Wheatear
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