Jidyszowe zapożyczenia w języku czeskim
Yiddish Loanwords in Czech

Summary/Abstract: This article, of mostly compilatory character, is based on selected Czech dictionaries and articles, which explain the presence of Yiddish loanwords in colloquial Czech (including argot, Czech Jewish ethnolect, dialects etc.). The author stresses the specific position of low style Yiddish loanwords (etymological process: /Hebrew/ – Yiddish – German argot – Czech argot – colloquial Czech) in comparison with very formal biblical loanwords of Hebrew origin (etymological process: Hebrew – Old Church Slavonic/Old Greek/Latin – high style Czech). Questionable etymology of some loanwords is also discussed. Apart from the stylistic and etymological analysis, the author presents a semantic view based on ethnolinguistics. The appendix to the article contains a selection of Yiddish loanwords in Czech presented in form of a glossary, in which stylistic differences, etymology, and in some cases equivalents in Polish or German, are mentioned.

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