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noun · verbdossier summary
boomerang
An Aboriginal Australian borrowing recorded in English by 1824. Dharug and Dharawal forms have been proposed, but the Australian National Dictionary Centre says the exact source language remains uncertain.
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sauna
The English name of a Finnish steam bath, borrowed from Finnish sauna; its deeper Finnic history is secure enough to reconstruct, while a proposed ancient Germanic source remains actively qualified.
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CLAIMS & DISPUTES
SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 1
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Which Aboriginal language supplied boomerang?
Dharug bumarin and a Dharawal bou-mar-rang form are published candidates, but the Australian National Dictionary Centre says the exact source language remains uncertain.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 0
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BOOKS / DICTIONARIES / ARTICLES / DATABASES
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historical dictionary75 CLAIM LINKS
Altsächsisches Wörterbuch — hatōn and hėttiand
Gerhard Köbler / 2014
publisherAUDIT EVERY USE ↗historical dictionary7 CLAIM LINKS
CNRTL / TLFi: législation — Étymologie et histoire
Centre national de ressources textuelles et lexicales Editors
author or editorAUDIT EVERY USE ↗historical dictionary7 CLAIM LINKS
Étymologique — Trésor de la langue française informatisé
ATILF · CNRS · Université de Lorraine / 2012
publisherAUDIT EVERY USE ↗historical dictionary6 CLAIM LINKS
Meanings and origins of Australian words and idioms — boomerang
Australian National Dictionary Centre
author or editorAUDIT EVERY USE ↗historical dictionary6 CLAIM LINKS
Étymon — Trésor de la langue française informatisé
ATILF · CNRS · Université de Lorraine / 2012
publisherAUDIT EVERY USE ↗scholarly article5 CLAIM LINKS
A Note on the Word “Shaman” in Old Turkic
Peter Zieme / 2008
publisherAUDIT EVERY USE ↗historical dictionary4 CLAIM LINKS
Jaguar — étymologie
Centre national de ressources textuelles et lexicales
author or editorAUDIT EVERY USE ↗official lexicon3 CLAIM LINKS
김치 — Korean Basic Dictionary
National Institute of Korean Language / 2026
author or editorAUDIT EVERY USE ↗050
FIRST USES & HISTORICAL OBJECTS
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