Talk:Newfoundland

Is it spelled like this? I have a source that says it's New Foundland. Just wanted to make sure. Cheers. --Stranger 20:23, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

The single word name is well established, and I have been at pains to find any other authoritative other formats. They are all very old. The first history of the place (Whitbourne, 1622) did use "New-found-land", but the parts of the name were merged very early on. Eclecticology 00:16:12, 2005-08-29 (UTC)

Do calques inherit etymological roots?

This is under the *ters- PIE root since it's a calque of Latin's Terra Nova (terra coming from *ters-). Is this a precedent across wiktionary? — This unsigned comment was added by The cool numel (talk • contribs) at 18:33, 19 August 2021 (UTC).

@The cool numel: I hope not, because it's a terribly confusing idea. I removed it. — Eru·tuon 18:51, 19 August 2021 (UTC)