Raport o turkijskim albo chińskim pochodzeniu słowiańskiego *slonъ ‘słoń’

• Authors: Stachowski Marek

Title variants

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Report on the Turkic or Chinese origin of the Slavic word *slonъ ‘elephant’

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Max Vasmer was the first to derive Slavic *slonъ ‘elephant’ from the Turkic word a(r)slan ‘lion’. Despite sporadic rival proposals, this etymology has gained general acceptance. In 1977 V.V. Ivanov suggested a Chinese etymon for the Slavic word, but his attempt had remained unanswered for more than thirty years. In 2011, A. Vovin joined the discussion and voiced his support for the Chinese alternative. The present author discusses both the Turkic and the Chinese threads and attempts to evaluate their value for further etymological research.

Keywords

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Etymology; Oriental languages; Slavic languages; contact linguistics; loanwords

• Publisher: Committee on Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Rocznik Slawistyczny
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 64
• Pages: 115-122

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Stachowski Marek

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