Does なんて = なんと (いう)?


I know that なんて is a contraction of なんと, but has it also picked up the いう in
its meaning? Because なんて means something, and I feel like 何という, which means
"something called" (right?) could have just been reduced to なんて because saying
"something" is such a common thing to say. Is this right?




In informal situations (っ)て can be substituted for と when it's being used as a
quoting particle. As such, [何]{なん}という can become [何]{なん}ていう (or more
frequently [何]{なん}てゆう in speech).

