New perspectives in Karaim etymology? The origin of Lutsk Karaim ḱemec ‘1. soldier; 2. Russian (person)’

• Authors: Michał Németh
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

According to KRPS, ḱemec ‘1. soldier; 2. Russian (person)’ is native Lutsk Karaim. Since the word lacks any cognates on Turkic ground, in the present paper an attempt is made to link the word to Germ. Kamasche ‘gaiters’ and to explain its phonetic shape as being a consequence of the influence of the language of Polish Jews.

Keywords

EN

etymology; Lutsk Karaim; Eastern Yiddish; Polish; Russian; soldier; gaiters; borrowing

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 91-103

Dates

online

2013-05-15

Contributors

author

Michał Németh

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków

Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/20843836SE.13.006.0943