The paper is focused on those minor place-names of the Luhačovice, Bojkovice and Slavičín regions, in which their original medieval ownership is reflected. The collection of the minor place-names has been gathered by the author’s field research. The medieval society was determined by a number of established legal norms concerning the property. The author mentions minor place-names referring to fields that belonged to the church, as well as the peasantry. Also some dialectal traits typical of the East-Moravian minor place-names are dealt with in the article.
The author of the paper focuses on the growth of the number of by-names and surnames in the community of Pozlovice near Luhačovice (Central Moravia). Since 1598, when only 36 by-names were recorded, the number of personal names increased more them twentyfold up to our days. The oldest and most frequent names appearing in the community are analysed in terms of their etymology. Also some new surnames, some of which are of German or Hungarian (or even Italian or Irish) origin, are devoted some attention.
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