Nazwa miejscowa Swolszewice, dawniej Swodziszewice
The place name Swolszewice, earlier Swodziszewice
Author(s): Krzysztof Tomasz WitczakSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Regional Geography, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: diachronic studies; history of the Polish language; onomastics; toponymy
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the origin of the names of two Polish villages: SwolszewiceDuże and Swolszewice Małe (near Wolbórz, central Poland), attested as Swodziszewice(maior and minor) in the 15th and 16th centuries. The development of theform Swodziszewice to Swolszewice should not be treated as an onomastic enigma.The following series of phonological processes may be posited: Swodziszewicze >(1) *Swodźszewice > (2) *Swoćszewice > (3) *Swojszewice > (4) Swolszewice[sfolʃeˈv́iʦe]. The article explains all the changes which have occurred in the placename under discussion, namely (1) a syncope of the vowel [i] caused by a changeof the Old Polish stress; (2) a loss of voiced character of phoneme dź [ʥ] before thevoiceless sibilant sz [ʃ]); (3) an anticipation of softness, motivating the change of ć[ʨ] to j [j] before a sibilant; (4) a regional (folk) assimilation of [j] to [ľ] > [l] in thedialect of the Wolbórz area (cf. Old Polish place name Wojboŕ, now Wolbórz).
Journal: Acta Onomastica
- Issue Year: 64/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 184-202
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Polish