{"id":18991,"date":"2020-03-27T16:35:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T16:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=18991"},"modified":"2020-03-27T16:35:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T16:35:10","slug":"sponge-mushrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=18991","title":{"rendered":"Sponge Mushrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Swedish, I learned this week, there are two words for mushroom: svamp<\/strong> [svamp] (fungus, mushroom, toadstool, sponge) and champinjon<\/strong> [\u0267amp\u026an\u02c8ju\u02d0n] (mushroom) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Svamp<\/strong> comes from the Old Swedish svamper<\/em> (fungus, mushroom), from Old Norse svampr \/ sv\u01ebppr<\/em> (sponge, mushroom, ball), from the Proto-Germanic *swammaz \/ swambaz<\/em> (sponge, mushroom, fungus, swamp), which is also the root of the English word swamp<\/strong> [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

The Old English word swamm<\/em> (mushroom, fungus, sponge), and the Middle English swam<\/em> (swamp, muddy pool, bog, marsh; fungus, mushroom), come from the same root as well [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Mushroom<\/strong> was borrowed from the Anglo-Norman musherum \/ moscheron<\/em> (mushroom), from the Old French moisseron<\/em> (mushroom), possibly from the Old French mosse \/ moise<\/em> (moss), from the Frankish *mosa<\/em> (moss) [source<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Champinjon<\/strong> was borrowed from the French champignon<\/em> (mushroom, fungus, accelerator), from the Vulgar Latin *camp\u0101niolus<\/em> (grows in the field), from the Late Latin camp\u0101neus<\/em> (pertaining to fields), from Latin camp\u0101nia<\/em> (level country), which is also the root of the words campaign<\/strong> and champagne<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Apparently champinjon<\/strong> is used to refer to mushrooms used as food, and was borrowed into Swedish in 1690 [source<\/a>], while svamp<\/strong> refers to mushrooms and fungi in general.<\/p>\n

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