What is the correct term for word-splicing?

Question

Word splicing is the action, what is the term used for the type of word (the word splice) that results?
For example if I cross a Labrador with a Poodle the offspring would be a Labradoodle - a combination of two words that describe the meaning of the new one.

Answer 1

Its called compounding

Answer 2

The correct linguistic term is a blend. "Smoke" + "fog" = "smog", "motor hotel" = "motel", etc. These are blends.

To correct other answers, "compounding" is where there is no loss of material in either word--blackboard, jetski, etc. "Portmanteau" is not a term commonly used in linguistics, but it would refer to a morpheme that has a bundle of related meanings, so that the suffix -um on Latin templ-um has the combined meanings of neuter, nominative, singular. That is a portmanteau.

Answer 3

I forget the exact term, but it is found in a Bill Bryson book call Notes from a large Continent, as much of early American language evolved in this way, rather than coming up with new words. However this is not his best book and is quite hard work.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Combining two words to form a new one produces a portmanteau word (e.g. Labradoodle).

Combining splitting one word and putting another one in the middle is called tmesis (e.g. un-bloody-believable).

Answer 6

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