Publisher:

Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Kraków

Description:

280, [1] page ; 23 cm.

Abstract:

The aim of the article is an attempt to trace the fate of several appellatives grouped in the lexical fieldaround the hyperonym świnia ʽpig, swine’ (wieprz ʽhog’, knur/kiernoz ʽboar’ and prosię ʽpiglet’) asthe motivation of many names in Polish onymy, mainly in anthroponymy and toponymy. My researchhas been conducted along the lines of historical anthropology. Proper names in this approach play animportant role in the reconstruction of the past. The field of interest of this article includes mainlynames belonging to the old onymic layer. Proper names arise from the lexicon of a given language,which is why my analysis is based on lexical and semantic methodology. My point of departure isthe meaning (often reconstructed) of appellative lexical units, including their semantic modificationsin the proprial layer. I interpret proper names on the basis of findings regarding their originand motivation. The first names motivated by the lexeme świnia were associated with the economicorganization of the Piast state. In the article I present the history of their creation. I go on to discussthe other lexemes which became the basis of many names belonging to different naming categories.The presence of etymons of interest to us in so many proper names during the Middle Ages allowsus to draw the conclusion that pigs played an extremely important role in the lives of our ancestors.

Relation:

Onomastica

Volume:

LXIV (64)

Start page:

53

End page:

67

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

10.17651/ONOMAST.64.6 ; oai:rcin.org.pl:162806

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Access:

Open