Etymograph

English

loanshift

From loan + shift.

A compound of loan + shift

Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- ‘to leave’

Proto-Germanic *laihną ‘that which is lent’

Old Norse lán

Middle English lone

English loan

Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to cut’

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Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną ‘to divide’

Proto-West Germanic *skiftijan

Old English sċiftan ‘to divide’

Middle English schiften ‘to split’

English shift

Today it means

noun The situation in which a word changes or extends its meaning under the influence of another language.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / loanshift