RUSSIAN 'KRESTITEL' (BAPTIST) OR UKRAINIAN 'KHRISTITEL'?

• Authors: Manczak W.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In an article published recently, Oleg Delendik draws attention to the fact that in an Ukrainian version of the New Testament which appeared in 2003, the form 'Krestitel' (Baptist) was replaced by 'Khristitel' and claims that the latter form is more adequate than the former. The purpose of the present article is to explain how the difference between 'Krestitel' and Khristitel' arose. Russian'krest', which comes from Old Church Slavonic, is not derived directly from Greek 'Khristos' but penetrated into the Old Church Slavonic trought the medium of Old High German 'Krist', whereas Khristitel' is a more recent form, influenced by Greek 'Khristos'.

Keywords

EN

BAPTISM; CHRISTENING; IRREGULAR SOUND CHANGE; ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Slavia Orientalis
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 405-410
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Manczak W.

• W. Manczak, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, al. Mickiewicza 3, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA05735