Folk Etymology

What do the words woodchuck, cockroach, hangnail, and catty corner have in common? They are examples of folk etymology. You might think that these words have some origin story that has to do with the meaning of their segments, but no. They are all derived from non-English languages, and got renamed because of the way the original words sounded instead of having any common meaning. It's a matter of "I can't pronounce your name, so I will call you something I can pronounce." Linguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky explains what happened to create these English words and more.