Der Name Čech ‚Tscheche‘
The Name Čech ‚Czech‘
Author(s): Walter WenzelSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Domowina-Verlag GmbH / Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina
Keywords: Ethnonym; tribe names; etymology of the name “Czech”; etymological dictionaries of Czech; Stammesname; Etymologie
Summary/Abstract: This essay about the name Čech has been written in response to the explanation of this ethnonym in the latest Czech etymological dictionary by J. Rejzek. This author offers several possible explanations, but none of them seems to be convincing. The only one that might be correct is the derivation from a full name Česlav from Proto-Slavic *Čьstьslavъ, where the initial open syllable Če- was supplemented by the hypocoristic suffix -ch.
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 99-100
- Page Count: 2
- Language: German
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