Category:Scots terms by etymology

Scots terms categorized by their etymologies.

• Category:Scots aphetic forms: Scots words that underwent aphesis, meaning their origin involved a loss or omission of a sound or syllable from their beginning.
• Category:Scots back-formations: Scots terms formed by reversing a supposed regular formation, removing part of an older term.
• Category:Scots blends: Scots terms formed by combinations of other words.
• Category:Scots borrowed terms: Scots terms that are loanwords, i.e. terms that were directly incorporated from another language.
• Category:Scots calques: Scots calques, i.e. terms formed by piece-by-piece translations of terms from other languages.
• Category:Scots compound terms: Scots terms composed of two or more stems.
• Category:Scots doublets: Scots terms that trace their etymology from ultimately the same source as other terms in the same language, but by different routes, and often with subtly or substantially different meanings.
• Category:Scots eponyms: Scots terms derived from names of real or fictitious people.
• Category:Scots inherited terms: Scots terms that were inherited from an earlier stage of the language.
• Category:Scots onomatopoeias: Scots terms that were coined to sound like what they represent.
• Category:Scots terms by prefix: Scots terms categorized by their prefixes.
• Category:Scots terms by suffix: Scots terms categorized by their suffixes.
• Category:Scots terms derived from other languages: Scots terms that originate from other languages.
• Category:Scots terms with unknown etymologies: Scots terms whose etymologies have not yet been established.