English Dictionary

back-spelling

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbækˌspɛlɪŋ/

名詞

A specific spelling of a word representing a phonetic feature never present in it, but was present in other words in the same phonetic environment (and was later lost), or the practice of making such spellings.

日本語の意味

音韻環境が同じ他の単語には存在したが、その単語にはかつては存在したとされる発音特徴を再現するために、意図的に作られたつづり / そのようなつづりを施す行為や実践

The editor noted a surprising back-spelling in the medieval text, where an extra 's' had been written to match related words that once had that sound.

編集者は中世の本文に驚くべき類推による綴りを指摘した。そこでは、かつてその音を持っていた関連語に合わせて余分な「s」が書き加えられていた。

意味（1）

A specific spelling of a word representing a phonetic feature never present in it, but was present in other words in the same phonetic environment (and was later lost), or the practice of making such spellings.

For example, in D and w, e is a possible reflex for OE y: (29) cysan, presumably a back-spelling for cesen < ceosen, and (40) hylle, a back-spelling for helle.