Category:Old English terms by etymology

Old English terms categorized by their etymologies.

• Category:Old English back-formations: Old English terms formed by reversing a supposed regular formation, removing part of an older term.
• Category:Old English blends: Old English terms formed by combinations of other words.
• Category:Old English borrowed terms: Old English terms that are loanwords, i.e. terms that were directly incorporated from another language.
• Category:Old English calques: Old English calques, i.e. terms formed by piece-by-piece translations of terms from other languages.
• Category:Old English compound terms: Old English terms composed of two or more stems.
• Category:Old English deverbals: Old English terms derived from a verb.
• Category:Old English doublets: Old English terms that trace their etymology from ultimately the same source as other terms in the same language, but by different routes, and often with subtly or substantially different meanings.
• Category:Old English ghost words: Old English terms that were originally erroneous or fictitious, published in a reference work as if they were genuine as a result of typographical error, misreading, or misinterpretation, or as fictitious entries, jokes, or hoaxes.
• Category:Old English inherited terms: Old English terms that were inherited from an earlier stage of the language.
• Category:Old English words derived through metathesis: Old English words that were created through metathesis from another word.
• Category:Old English onomatopoeias: Old English terms that were coined to sound like what they represent.
• Category:Old English terms by prefix: Old English terms categorized by their prefixes.
• Category:Old English reconstructed terms: Old English terms that are not directly attested, but have been reconstructed through other evidence.
• Category:Old English reduplications: Old English terms that underwent reduplication, so their origin involved a repetition of roots or stems.
• Category:Old English semantic loans: Old English semantic loans, i.e. terms one or more of whose definitions was borrowed from a term in another language.
• Category:Old English terms by suffix: Old English terms categorized by their suffixes.
• Category:Old English terms derived from other languages: Old English terms that originate from other languages.
• Category:Old English terms with unknown etymologies: Old English terms whose etymologies have not yet been established.