Deetymologized verb lexicon of onomatopoeic origin

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to determine the reasons for deetymologization and desemantization of onomatopoeic verbs based on their historical and etymological analysis, to identify relics of onomatopoetic origin. The material for this study was 16 verb lexemes, the selection of which was made from the etymological dictionaries of Russian and Slavic languages. Among the linguistic factors associated with the deetymologization of onomatopoeic verbs, we can distinguish phonetic, word-building and semantic ones.

Keywords

• onomatopoetic verbs
• phonetic motivation
• deetymologization
• etymon