In this interpretation, Apollo's title of Lykegenes can simply be read as " born in Lycia ", which effectively severs the god's supposed link with wolves ( possibly a folk etymology ).

This has been widely classified as a folk etymology, and numerous speculative etymologies, many of them non-Greek, have been suggested in scholarship.

The current spelling, amaranth, seems to have come from folk etymology that assumed the final syllable derived from the Greek word anthos (" flower "), common in botanical names.

Ancient Greek writers linked Artemis ( Doric Artamis ) by way of folk etymology to artemes ( ἀρτεμής ) ‘ safe ’ or artamos ( ἄρταμος ) ‘ butcher ’.

The village is said to take its name from the " Bold Venture " that it must have appeared to build a farm in this moorland, but this is probably folk etymology, as " Bol -" is a common prefix in Cornish placenames.

While folk etymology identifies it with " cape ", other suggestions suggest it to be connected to the Latin word caput (" head "), and thus explain it as meaning " chief " or " big head ".

False cognates arise in the same way as false or folk etymology, spurious explanations for the origin of words.

The theory that the word originated as an acronym from the names of the group of ministers is a folk etymology, although the coincidence was noted at the time and could possibly have popularized its use.

This account is used to explain the name " Seligenstadt " by folk etymology.

This statement was likely picked up by the author of the Estoire Merlin, or Vulgate Merlin, where the author ( who was fond of fanciful folk etymologies ) asserts that Escalibor " is a Hebrew name which means in French ' cuts iron, steel, and wood '" (" c ' est non Ebrieu qui dist en franchois trenche fer & achier et fust "; note that the word for " steel " here, achier, also means " blade " or " sword " and comes from medieval Latin aciarium, a derivative of acies " sharp ", so there is no direct connection with Latin chalybs in this etymology ).

While Delphi is actually related to the word (" womb "), many etiological myths are similarly based on folk etymology ( the term " Amazon ", for example ).

In Greek mythology, Eurystheus ( pronounced, meaning " broad strength " in folk etymology and pronounced ) was king of Tiryns, one of three Mycenaean strongholds in the Argolid, although other authors including Homer and Euripides cast him as ruler of Argos: Sthenelus was his father and the " victorious horsewoman " Nicippe his mother, and he was a grandson of the hero Perseus, as was his opponent Heracles.

So it is more plausible that Fosite is the older name and Forseti a folk etymology.

A false etymology ( pseudoetymology, paraetymology or paretymology ), sometimes called folk etymology although this is also a technical term in linguistics, is a popularly held but false belief about the origins of specific words, often originating in " common-sense " assumptions.

Another theory occasionally encountered is a derivation from the phrase thog mi an èigh / eugh () " I raised the cry ", which in pronunciation bears a certain resemblance to Hogmanay, as part of the rhymes traditionally recited at New Year but it is unclear if this is simply a case of folk etymology.

This has been said to derive from the παν-" all " and θήρ from θηρευτής " predator ", meaning " predator of all " ( animals ), though this may be a folk etymology — it may instead be ultimately of Sanskrit origin, from pundarikam, the Sanskrit word for " tiger ".

" This is a folk etymology, of which OED notes that it was " subsequently felt as if from ".

By a process of folk etymology, the Romans could have confused the phones of her foreign name with those of the root men-in Latin words such as mens meaning " mind ", perhaps because one of her aspects as goddess pertained to the intellectual.

This contrasts with the popular but false folk etymology that the town was named for the bard.

The name has fallen into disfavor and is now considered to be pejorative, possibly because of a folk etymology for " Galla " ( that it came from Qal la or " قال لا ," pronounced similar to Gal la, Arabic for " he said no ") that implies they refused Muhammad's offer to convert to Islam.

A common and certainly apocryphal folk etymology is that the term originated from the historical poker games in the colonial west of America, where if a player bet everything he possessed, he would place the nuts of his wagon wheels on the table to ensure that, should he lose, he would be unable to flee and would have to make good on the bet.

Since " going to the polls " is a common idiom for voting ( deriving from the fact that early voting involved head-counts ), a new folk etymology has supplanted common knowledge of the phrase's true origins in America.

The territory is said in folk etymology to have been named after Pomeso, a son of Widewuto, legendary chieftain of the Prussians.

Haubrich's claim, however, appears to be the case of folk etymology, as no further evidence appears to exist for this transformation.

* The story of Absalom is referred to several places in folk singer Adam Arcuragi's song " Always Almost Crying.

However, unlike in the other places where the images of the folk gods were burnt, the American missionaries allowed these images to be preserved as a memorial of the rich cultural heritage of the different northern tribes.

The Ethnographic Museum and the National Museum of Military History are other places of interest, holding large collections of Bulgarian folk costumes and armaments, respectively.

In various mythologies and folk magic, sitting is a magical act that connects the person who sits, with other persons, states or places where he / she sat.

Greece is one of the few places in Europe where the day-to-day role of folk dance is sustained.

Other learning places include community colleges, folk high schools, and lifelong learning centers.

The Cariñosa ( meaning loving or affectionate one ), is a Philippine national dance from the María Clara suite of Philippine folk dances, where the fan, and handkerchief plays an instrument role as it places the couple in romance scenario.

The region also furnished some important material for folk songs, including a claim by Nottinghamshire for one of the most popular series of ballads, that of Robin Hood, while local places appear in songs such as ‘ The Leicester Chambermaid ’ and ‘ Oxford ’ or ‘ Worcester City ’.

A multitude of places in Scandinavia are named after the Hulders, often places that are by lenged associated with the presence of the " hidden folk ".

Up until the end of the 18th Century, beginning in what is known as the Middle Ages, forests were considered places for travelers and ordinary folk to stay away from, as they contained bandits, primitive opportunists and evil spirits.

Many homes have dual aerials with one pointing at Belmont ( or in some places Emley Moor ) and the other at Waltham ( East Midlands ), the latter which usually gives a far inferior picture quality but was often used in the days when ITV had more regional variations so that Mansfield folk could keep up with local news and sport.

Many folk beliefs generally paint fairy rings as dangerous places, best avoided.

With many East Timorese people in emigrant communities in Australia, Portugal and elsewhere, East Timorese folk music has been brought to many places around the world.

A number ... make reference to places which can be identified as being the sites of the ancient towns .... he literature of the region has yet to be fully inventoried, much less analyzed ," and adds in a footnote: " Unfortunately, most of these publications have had little circulation outside of the folk opera troupes for which they were intended.

Anhui Province is rich in natural scenic spots and historic places of interests, such as, Mount Huangshan, listed by UNESCO as natural and cultural heritage and ancient folk houses in Xidi and Hongcun villages as cultural heritage ; Mount Jiuhua, one of the four Buddhist shines ; Mount Qiyun, one of the four Taoist shrines.

" Darcy Farrow ", a folk song written by Steve Gillette and Tom Campbell, mentions Virginia City and other places and landmarks in the area ( including Yerington, the Carson Valley, and the Truckee River ).

He settled in several different places, most notably " Confedrit X Roads, wich is in the Stait of Kentucky ", a fictional town full of idle, whiskey-loving, scrounging ex-Confederates, and a few hard-working, decent folk, who by an amazing coincidence were all strong Republicans.

Popular belief assigned the interior of hills to fairies ' dwelling places and local tradition has handed down accounts of the exploits of the fairy folk, especially among the Finner sand-hills and in the Wardtown district of Ballyshannon.

He is also known for having named Greenlandic places by using lyrics from old folk songs.

However, they became part of folk dress in a number of places including Germany, the Near East, various parts of Latin America, and Spain where they became a part of Romani ( gitana ) dress especially in Andalusia and Madrid.

These folk tales include legendary places as well as recent events, such as the downfall of a 19th-century ne ' er-do-well.

Other places that may share the folk custom include Taiwan, Sichuan, Fujian and Guangdong.

" I was only half-joking ... it had developed a reputation for being one of the rougher places in the city .... K-Town is where my grandfather ... and all the other black folk that flocked to the West Side during the mid-to-late-1950s bought proud brick houses on tree-lined streets with crackless cement sidewalks ....