Paradoxically, errors and misunderstandings can lead to the emergence of new words. Known a number of language errors based on the original misunderstanding of foreign words. Thus, Europeans, mastering new lands, did not always find a "common language" with local residents. Because of a misunderstanding, the words arose: the orang-utan is literally a "forest man" (as the natives called inhabitants of the inner forests of the island of Borneo, now Kalimantan, and the Europeans decided that it was a question of large anthropoid apes); kangaroos (when they saw these animals for the first time, Europeans asked local residents what they called, and heard in return - kangaroos, ie, "we do not understand, we do not know"); Canada - "huts" (it was a question of a small village of Indians, who happened to be nearby, later this word was called a huge country).
The umbrella is the Dutch word zondek, which is literally a "sunshade". Later, ik began to be perceived as a diminutive suffix and the word umbrella appeared, which can be considered proper Russian (it is not in any other language). But not only misunderstanding of foreign words generated errors.
In ancient times mistakes were often made by scribes of manuscripts, whose work was not easy: they had to rewrite up to 60 - 80 pages a day.
Did not save from lapses and development in the world of typography.
The umbrella is the Dutch word zondek, which is literally a "sunshade". Later, ik began to be perceived as a diminutive suffix and the word umbrella appeared, which can be considered proper Russian (it is not in any other language). But not only misunderstanding of foreign words generated errors.
In ancient times mistakes were often made by scribes of manuscripts, whose work was not easy: they had to rewrite up to 60 - 80 pages a day.
Did not save from lapses and development in the world of typography.
