Mythological Language Worldview As The Ethnic Basis Of Modern English Word Use
Table 2:
Origin | Quantity | % |
Units with semantic change | 207 | 56% |
Classical Mythology | 99 | 26% |
Indo-European mythology (native) | 34 | 9% |
Scandinavian mythology | 11 | 3% |
Oriental mythology | 9 | 2% |
Hinduism | 8 | 2% |
Miscellaneous | 8 | 2% |