Old Slavonic Appellatives as Motivating Words for Hydronyms of the Váh River Basin Cover Image

Praslovanské apelatíva ako motivanty hydroným povodia Váhu
Old Slavonic Appellatives as Motivating Words for Hydronyms of the Váh River Basin

Author(s): Jaromír Krško
Subject(s): Language studies
Published by: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Onomastic; hydronymy; Váh watershed; oikonymy; Old Slavonic appellatives

Summary/Abstract: The presented study deals with a usage of secondary (synchronic) motivation of Slovak hydronyms – the hydronyms are motivated by contemporary oikonyms – and primary (diachronic) motivation, which means that the hydronyms are usually motivated by Old Slavonic appellatives.

  • Issue Year: 44/2009
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 13-23
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Slovak