Popular etymology, however, connected the name with the phrase, " sine pater filius ", that is, " son without a father ", and the explanation that it was given to children born out of wedlock.
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"Temen " has been occasionally compared to Greek " temenos " " holy precinct ", but since the latter has a well established Indo-European etymology ( see temple ), the comparison is either mistaken, or at best describes a case of popular etymology or convergence.
33.
The native English term for " wild man ", " woodwose " ( from a putative Old English " * wude-wsa " " wood-being " ), has been transformed to " woodhouse " by popular etymology due to their appearance as supporters in the Woodhouse coat of arms.
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Although a popular etymology connects " hooker " with Joseph Hooker, a Union general in the American Civil War, the word more likely comes from the concentration of prostitutes around the shipyards and ferry terminal of the Corlear's Hook area of Manhattan in the 1820s, who came to be referred to as " hookers ".
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According to Julius Pokorny ( " IEW " ), Russian " PerunJ " " thunder god " and " perun " " thunderbolt " which likewise lack the velar element are indeed influenced by the root discussed, the activity of " striking down " being associated with the Balto-Slavic theonym by popular etymology.
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According to popular etymologies as old as the 11th century, the word derives from Turk plus the Iranian element manand, and means " resembling a Turk . " Modern scholars, on the other hand, have proposed that the element man / men acts as an intensifier and have translated the word as " pure Turk " or " most Turk-like of the Turks ."
