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The word 'etymology'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
etymologyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.2149
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 490.5 3 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of etymology in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
ans Heid seems to be the gory etymology (2020) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
etymology w'ir no sure o. Hit startit b on page 102

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n spot. Mak a list, check the etymology, bring the names tae life. Il (2020) twitter link
@LitCors @OMainnin Etymology word by word for the bairns. (2020) twitter link
ap, as name of the lime kiln. Etymology? Nae idea, wirkin on it! http (2021) twitter link
n as a Scots word, explaining etymology. But today I'm taking my own (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
being ‘hard as Hinnersins’. Etymology of it(2020)

General Central

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
t’ — a gallusly speceefic etymology gien the ubeequity o gey an s
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
and that gies a clue tae its etymology. Originally, a gallus lad wad
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
rd come fae? Which definition/etymology is closest tae the use you ke (2020) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
whan A wur growin up. Fur the etymology o the sindry place names an b
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

@fairfaaye tweeted
nch enfondre, to be chilled. #etymology #ulsterscots https://t.co/Yu6(2020)
l). Confused??? #ulsterscots #etymology https://t.co/ApH0k3saPR(2020)
a verb meaning ‘to shock’. Etymology unconfirmed but possibly from(2020)