Nevedecká etymológia v slovenskej ojkonymii

• Authors: Jaromír Krško

Title variants

EN

Non-scholarly etymology in Slovak oikonymy

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses the non-scholarly (folk) etymology and its role in the interpretation of some Slovak oikonyms. In Slovakia, the topic of non-scholarly etymology has been studied primarily by V. Uhlár who also used the term “farmer etymology” which linked a village name with a surname of a yeoman family. The study contains analyzed examples of some non-scholarly etymologies that have originated as a result of a reinterpretation of the original meaning of an oikonym but possibly also due to the incorrect decomposition of a name. The focus is also on the formation of etymological legends that are part of folk literature and as such, they represent an inherent aspect of non-scholarly etymology.

Keywords

EN

onomastics; etymology; non-scholarly etymology; Slovak oikonymy

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Czech Ethnological Society
• Journal: Národopisný věstník
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 410-417
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jaromír Krško

• Acta onomastica, redakce, Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, v.v.i., Letenská 4, 118 51 Praha 1, Czech Republic