popular etymology

In neither word has the prefix Sint any connection with Snde (sin), with which popular etymology commonly connects it.

Popular etymology has given the word its present form, as if it meant “wing-flapper,” from “lap,” a fold or flap of a garment.

As we know, old-time popular etymology makes Prometheus the fore-thinker and brother of Epimetheus the after-thinker.

It is probable then that there is a triple popular etymology in the various forms of writing the name Aššur; viz.

But this is a form due to popular etymology, as will presently appear.