An alternative, Proto-Indo-European etymology comes through Potnia and Despoina ; where Des-represents a derivative of PIE * dem ( house, dome ), and Demeter is " mother of the house " ( from PIE * dems-méh₂tēr ).

The etymology of the name is disputed ; an alternative name of the dance is stantipes, which suggests that one foot was stationary during the dance ; but the more widely accepted etymology relates it to estamper, to stamp the feet.

In alternative etymology, linking the ginn-prefix in Ginnungagap with that found in terms with a sacral meaning, such as ginn-heilagr, ginn-regin ( both referring to the gods ) and ginn-runa ( referring to the runes ), interprets Ginnungagap as signifying a " magical ( and creative ) power-filled space ".

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, after the cycle of Grail romances was well established, late medieval writers came up with a false etymology for sangréal, an alternative name for " Holy Grail.

An alternative etymology is from, pherein phonon, " to bring ( or cause ) death ".

Food scholar Terence Scully has proposed the alternative etymology of bland mangier, " bland dish ", reflecting its often mild and " dainty " ( in this context meaning refined and aristocratic ) taste and popularity as a sick dish.

An alternative etymology may lie in the Romany, itself rooted in násfalo, meaning ill.

Though some scholars suggested that the Rugii passed their name to the isle of Rügen in modern Northeast Germany, other scholars presented alternative hypotheses of Rügen's etymology associating the name to the mediaeval Rani ( Rujani ) tribe.

" However, as both his predecessor, Cerdic, and successor, Ceawlin, might have Celtic names, an alternative etymology has been postulated from " Cunorix " which would mean " hound-king " in Old British ( rendered as Cinir in Old Welsh, Kynyr in Middle Welsh ).

Proto-Celtic * Lugus may be related to the root of the Proto-Celtic * lug-rā ‘ moon ’ ( the origin of Welsh lloer, though Peter Schrijver suggests an alternative etymology for lloer, from Common Celtic * lus-rā, where the root would be cognate with that of Latin luridus * lus-idus " pale yellow ").

The alternative spelling leithbrágan stems from a folk etymology deriving the word from leith ( half ) and bróg ( brogue ), because of the frequent portrayal of the leprechaun as working on a single shoe.

An alternative etymology would be from the common noun hwicce " ark, chest, locker ", in reference to the appearance of the territory as a flat-bottomed valley bordered by the Cotswolds and the Malvern Hills.

However, an alternative, more obscure etymology exists which suggests the name means " promontory into marsh ", which would make sense considering that Frodsham had a promontory castle very close to marshland.

An alternative popular etymology maintains that the word bouzouki was used because different tunings are required for the instrument to play in different musical scales known as Dromoi in Greek or Maqam.

An alternative etymology notes that the Latin verb iūbilō, " shout for joy ," predates the Vulgate, and proposes that instead the Latin jubilo ( meaning shout ), as well as Middle Irish ilach ( victory cry ), New English yowl, and Ancient Greek iuzo ( shout ), derived from the Proto-Indo-European root * yu-( shout for joy ).

An alternative etymology is that " c :" was used for copy and " cc :" indicates the plural, just as " p ." means page and " pp. " means pages.

This alternative etymology explains the frequent usage of " c :" when only one recipient is listed, while " cc :" is used for two or more recipients of the copies.

An alternative etymology suggests that the medieval Latin merulus ( mentioned from the end of the 10th century ) functioned as a diminutive of Latin merle, expressing an image of blackbirds sitting on a wall.

" An alternative etymology posits dog-walking as the origin of the term ; audience members, and indeed participants, could use the ordinary exercise of their pets as cover for their sexual assignations.

An alternative etymology was proposed by Wittek ( 1952 ), who believed that the Gagauz were the offspring of a group of Rum-Seljuks who surrendered to the Byzantine emperor ; thus, he attributed the name to a leader of this group, the Seljuk prince Kaykaus.

No historical evidence supports an alternative folk etymology by which the word is traced to the letter " J " ( characterizing the route a jaywalker might follow ).

An alternative etymology for the compound is cited by Ramamurti Mishra, who says that:

An alternative etymology has been suggested, from Middle French pale-mail or " straw-mallet ", in reference to target hoops being made of bound straw.

The alternative name for the family, Umbelliferae, derives from the inflorescence being generally in the form of a compound umbel.

The ballad probably derives its name from medieval French dance songs or " ballares " ( from which we also get ballet ), as did the alternative rival form that became the French Ballade.

An alternative theory, which has gained only limited acceptance among professional scholars, derives the name Arthur from Arcturus, the brightest star in the constellation Boötes, near Ursa Major or the Great Bear.

An alternative interpretation, made by the Portuguese philosopher Damião de Góis in 1540, derives Lapland from " the dumb and lazy land ", because a land where no vegetables grow is lazy and does not speak.

An alternative suggestion derives the term from Hurrian Kinahhu, purportedly referring to the colour purple, so that Canaan and Phoenicia would be synonyms (" Land of Purple "), but it is just as common to assume that Kinahhu was simply the Hurrian rendition of the Semitic.

An alternative version is that it derives from " Bridge of Walter " ( i. e. Walter's Bridge ).

The alternative term " difference kernel " for binary equalisers derives from this fact.

( The alternative term " difference kernel " for binary equalisers derives from this fact.

An alternative Chinese theory expounded in certain dictionaries states that the word " ketchup " derives from a Chinese word composed of two characters ( 茄汁, Cantonese ( Jyutping ): ke2 zap1, Minnan / Southern Hokkien: ga1 zap7, Teochew: giê5 zab4 / kiê5 tsap4, corresponding to Mandarin ( Pinyin ) jiā zhī ) based on Southern Chinese dialects, which means " tomato sauce.

The first records of Herm's inhabitants in historic times are from the 6th century, when the island became a centre of monastic activity ; the name ' Herm ' supposedly derives from hermits who settled there ( although an alternative interpretation derives Herm from Norse erm referring to an arm-like appearance of the island ).

According to Cook, the toponym Lydney derives from the Old English * Lydan-eġ, ‘ Lludd ’ s Island .’ However, alternative etymologies of Lydney are offered in other sources.

However, an alternative theory is that it derives from a lake and a county in New York state, which are said to bear the name derived from a Mohawk Iroquoian word meaning either " clear water " or " meeting place.

An alternative hypothesis derives the name from a term for " carpenter ", cognate with English timber.

The alternative name of Ekbom's syndrome derives from Swedish neurologist Karl Axel Ekbom, who published seminal accounts of the disease in 1937 and 1938.

However, an alternative explanation derives Mrs Emma Peel from Miss SM appeal.

The name Bicester, which has been in use since the mid 17th century, derives from earlier forms including Berncestre, Burencestre, Burcester, Biciter and Bissiter ( the John Speed map of 1610 shows four alternative spellings and Miss G. H. Dannatt found 45 variants in wills of the 17th and 18th centuries ).

The most popular hypothesis sees the name Beli as a Middle Welsh reflex of the Gaulish and Brittonic theonym Belenus ( also attested as a personal name ), but a more recent alternative is that proposed by the Celticist John Koch, who suggests that Beli derives from an Old Celtic name Belgius or Bolgios, borne by one of the chieftains who led the Gallic invasion of Macedonia in 280-279 BCE.

An alternative explanation is that the name derives from ' Chreneforde ' and is Anglo-Saxon in origin, as cited in the Victoria County History of Lancashire.

The root is noted for tasting of oysters, from which the plant derives its alternative name of oyster plant ; young roots can be grated for use in salads, but older roots are better cooked, and they are usually used in soups or stews.

The alternative name of " Dragon's Gate Grottoes " derives from the resemblance of the two hills that check the flow of the Yi River to the typical " Chinese gate towers " that once marked the entrance to Luoyang from the south.

An alternative suggestion that the name derives from ' Watling Town ', because it lies on Watling Street, a Roman road that linked London with the town of Viroconium Cornoviorum ( of which Wroxeter is believed to be a small village set within its boundaries ), seems to be unlikely, due to several factors, including the earliest written names of the town.

A lot of spectator enjoyment derives either from the frequent combination of a last recognised batsman adopting extremely aggressive play ( in an effort to score as many runs as possible before he runs out of batting partners-one reason why aggressive batsmen like Andrew Flintoff and Adam Gilchrist are often deliberately placed relatively low in the batting order ) and the constant risk of a wicket, the alternative situation where no recognised batsmen remains and the tail-enders ( relieved of their responsibility to bat carefully for anybody else ) often unleash their rarely seen arsenal of attacking shots, or alternatively the extremely tense situation which sometimes emerges towards the end of a match when a batting side, facing defeat, can only salvage a draw and save the match by batting to the end of the final day, which becomes difficult once the worst batsmen are in, and their survival is always nerve-wracking — English fans fondly remember the last wicket stand of Angus Fraser and Robert Croft, batting out the last few overs of the drawn Third Test against South Africa at Old Trafford in 1998, when the dismissal of either of them would have resulted in a loss.

An alternative etymology is that shack derives from teach, pronounced chaċ, meaning " house " in Irish Gaelic, which was absorbed into American English from the 1880s onwards.