reanalysis

reanalysis

Alignment within the same language is called internal reanalysis.
Alignment within the same language family is called mediated reanalysis.
Alignment within unrelated languages is called external reanalysis.

Reanalysis often arises through semantic permutations.

See phono-semantic-matching of wanderwords

hypothetical

𒉆 SÍN "sin" 𒉆𒋳𒂵 SÍN-tag-ga Sündigen might have been semi-unsemantic common syn- prefix

artificial example:

𓄋 ⲧⲁⲡ “top”
𓄋 ⲧⲁⲡ “horn” 𓎛 𓆰 𓈖𓄏 𓏤
𓄏 𓄋 triceratops κέρας kéras “horn” ὤψ ṓps “face” reanalysis