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On the Etymology of Polish jarmułka
On the Etymology of Polish jarmułka

Author(s): Bohdan A. Struminsky
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.

Summary/Abstract: Polish jarmułka is from Latin and not from Turkic or Turkish. This Polish word appears as early as the fifteenth century: a deed of purchase of 1443 mentions ‘two dozen little headdresses’ (jalmurky); a document issued in Warsaw in 1458 mentions a red yelmvncha (Słownik staropolski, vol. III, Wrocław, 1960–1962, s.v. (jarmułka)).

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 115-117
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Polish