Editing Wanderwort (section)

== Examples ==
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Typical examples of {{lang|de|Wanderwörter}} are ''cannabis'', ''sugar'',<ref name="HockJoseph1996">{{cite book |first1=Hans Henrich |last1=Hock |first2=Brian D. |last2=Joseph |title=Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship: An Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics |url={{GBurl|id=oGH-RCW1fzsC}} |access-date=12 October 2014 |date=1 January 1996 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=3-11-014784-X |page=254}}</ref> ''ginger'', ''copper'',<ref name="Trask2000" /> ''silver'',<ref name=Boutkan2001>{{cite journal 
 |last1=Boutkan |first1=Dirk |last2=Kossmann |first2=Maarten |date=2001 |title=On the Etymology of 'Silver' |url= https://www.academia.edu/7873558 |journal=North-Western European Language Evolution |volume=3 |pages=3–15 |doi=10.1075/nowele.38.01bou |access-date=12 October 2014}}</ref> ''cumin'', ''mint'', ''wine'', and ''honey'', some of which can be traced back to [[Bronze Age]] trade.
[[File:CamelWanderwörter.png|thumb|260x260px|Four Wanderwörter with the meaning 'camel'. Extensive loaning has carried [[Semitic languages|Semitic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], and [[Chinese languages|Chinese]] words for 'camel'  throughout Africa and Eurasia.]]
''[[Tea]]'', with its Eurasian continental variant ''[[Masala chai|chai]]'' (both have entered English), is an example<ref name="Trask2000" /> whose spread occurred relatively late in human history and is therefore fairly well understood: ''tea'' is from [[Hokkien]] {{lang|zh|茶}} {{translit|zh|tê}}, specifically [[Amoy dialect]], from the Fujianese port of [[Xiamen]], hence it is the maritime variant, while {{lang|zh|茶}} {{translit|zh|chá}} (whence ''chai'')<ref>{{cite web |url= http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/chai |title=chai |work=[[American Heritage Dictionary]] |quote=chai: A beverage made from spiced black tea, honey, and milk. Etymology: Ultimately from Chinese (Mandarin) {{translit|zh|chá}}.}}</ref> is used in [[Cantonese]] and [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]].<ref>{{cite web |work=The World Atlas of Language Structures Online |title=Feature/Chapter 138: Tea |first=Östen |last=Dahl |publisher=Max Planck Digital Library |url= http://wals.info/feature/138 |access-date=4 June 2008}}</ref> {{Crossref|(See [[etymology of tea]] for further details.)}}

''[[Chocolate]]'' and ''[[tomato]]'' were both taken from [[Classical Nahuatl]] via Spanish into many different languages, although the specific origin of ''chocolate'' is obscure.

''[[Farang]]'', a term derived from the [[ethnonym]] [[Franks|''Frank'']] through [[Arabic|Andalusian Arabic]], refers to foreigners (typically white and European ones). From the above two languages, the word has been loaned into many languages spoken on or near the Indian Ocean, including [[Hindi]], [[Thai language|Thai]], and [[Amharic]], among others. It also existed in Russian in the form "{{lang|ru|фрязин}}" with the same meaning.

''[[Kangaroo]]'' was taken from the [[Guugu Yimithirr language|Guugu Yimithirr]] word for the [[eastern grey kangaroo]]; it entered English through the records of [[James Cook]]'s expedition of 1770 and through English to languages around the world.

''[[Orange (word)|Orange]]'' originated in a [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian language]] (likely [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] or [[Malayalam]]), and its likely path to English included, in order, [[Sanskrit]], Persian, possibly [[Armenian language|Armenian]], Arabic, [[Italian language|Italian]], and [[Old French]]. {{Crossref|(See {{section link|Orange (word)#Etymology}} for further details.)}}

The words for '[[horse]]' across many Eurasian languages seem to be related such as [[Mongolian language|Mongolian]] {{lang|mn|морь}} ({{translit|mn|mor}}), [[Manchu language|Manchu]] {{lang|mnc|ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ}} ({{translit|mnc|morin}}), [[Korean language|Korean]] {{lang|ko|말}} ({{translit|ko|mal}}), [[Japanese language|Japanese]] {{lang|ja|馬}} ({{translit|ja|uma}}), and [[Thai language|Thai]] {{Lang|th|ม้า}} ({{translit|th|máː}}), as well as [[Sino-Tibetan Languages|Sino-Tibetan languages]] leading to Mandarin {{lang|zh|[[wikt:馬|馬]]}} ({{translit|zh|mǎ}}), and [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan]] {{lang|bo|རྨང}} ({{translit|bo|rmang}}). It is present in several [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] and [[Germanic languages]], whence [[Irish language|Irish]] {{lang|ga|marc}} and English ''mare''.<ref>{{Cite book |url={{GBurl|id=tzU3RIV2BWIC|p=274}} |title=Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture |isbn=1-884964-98-2 |last=Adams |first=Douglas Q. |date=1997|publisher=Taylor & Francis }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url={{GBurl|id=Sww9AAAAIAAJ|q=horse}} |title=Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus |last=Benedict |first=Paul K. |editor-last=Matisoff |editor-first=James A. |date=15 June 1972}}</ref>