Na tropach słowiańskich dialektyzmów leksykalnych w toponimii Polski: *vertěja 'wzniesienie' i pokrewne
Tracking ancient Slavic lexical dialectisms in the toponymy of Poland: *vertěja 'hill, holm' and cognates
Author(s): Zbigniew BabikSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Historical Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: SAV - Slovenská akadémia vied - Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Wrzyciej(a); Polish toponymy; Proto-Slavic vocabulary; geographical terminology
Summary/Abstract: A Polish field name attested in the 20th–21th centuries as Wrzyciej, Wrzycieja and (plural?) Wrzycieje (the village of Apolonka, Silesian Voivodeship, Southern Poland) seems to reflect the ancient Slavic lexical dialectism *vertěja 'small hill; holm (?)', conserved as appellative up to our days mainly in Old and North Russian as well as in few Belarusian and peripheric North-Western Ukrainian dialects. In the main bulk of the paper historical reflexes of this word (including variants) and those of the most closely related lexemes *vertь (*-i-stem) and *vertьje are presented and discussed. The latter, in their turn, may be reflected in the Polish place names Wrzec(z)ko bis (if < *Vert-ьsko) and (so?) Wrzecica (if < *Vertica). As the vowel y of Wrzyciej- might point to the retained length of the etymologically long radical syllable, some remarks are devoted to the prosodic reconstruction and subsequent evolution of possible proto-forms as well.
Journal: Jazykovedný časopis
- Issue Year: 75/2024
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 139-156
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Polish
