Talk:Fernsprecher

Calque?

 * hello. It looks like a calque. Would you agree? --Barytonesis (talk) 13:16, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure. means 'far', sure enough, but  doesn't actually mean 'speaker'. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 13:34, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * you're right, but I wonder how was truly coined. -phone could as well come from -φωνος ( + ). --Barytonesis (talk) 13:46, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Also, the French word (which is apparently the first) is masculine, not feminine. That might be totally irrelevant, but I don't know. --Barytonesis (talk) 13:48, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * It seems more as though it were modelled after "telephone" rather than being a true calque... Leasnam (talk) 20:52, 18 November 2017 (UTC)