 The results of medieval etymology, for example, were plausible given the insights available at the time, but have often been rejected by modern linguists.The etymologies of humanist scholars in the early modern period began to produce more reliable results, but many of their hypotheses have also been superseded.Other false etymologies are the result of specious and untrustworthy claims made by individuals, such as the unfounded claims made by Daniel Cassidy that hundreds of common English words such as "baloney", "grumble", and "bunkum" derive from the Irish language.