Full Idea
The name-giver might have made a mistake at the beginning and then forced the other names to be consistent with it.
Gist of Idea
A name-giver might misname something, then force other names to conform to it
Source
Plato (Cratylus [c.377 BCE], 436c)
Book Reference
Plato: 'Complete Works', ed/tr. Cooper,John M. [Hackett 1997], p.152
A Reaction
Lovely. This is Gareth Evans's 'Madagascar' example. See Idea 9041.
Related Idea
Idea 9041 The Causal Theory of Names is wrong, since the name 'Madagascar' actually changed denotation [Evans]