Nazwiska polskie na -isz/ysz
Polish Surnames with -isz/ysz Endings

Summary/Abstract: Morphological structure of Polish surnames with -isz/ysz exponent comes from appellative origins. Within the range of appellative derivates, the type in question, compared with others, occurs incidentally in few forms derived from verbs, to compare: chwalisz ‛samochwał’, zdobysz ‛zdobycz’, those derived from adjectives, to compare gołysz/hołysz, and those derived from nouns, to compare drzewisz ‛rodzaj chrząszcza’. The thesis about peripheral position of the type within the system of appellative derivates is based on scarce evidence of related formations. The capacity of anthroponomical derivates (over 200) indicates the type activated in personal names. The structure of surnames seems to convince about primarily appellative-onomastic (anthroponomical) character of word formation processes, when personal names originate from appellative basis: Chrapisz: chrapać, Dybisz: dybać, Chudzisz: chudy, Głąbisz: głąb, Krowisz: krowa, analogically to appellatives. Activeness of the type only in the onomastic area reveals in derivates originating from names in the history of Polish, compare Będzisz: Będzieciech, Będziemir, Janisz: Jan, Stanisz: Stanisław etc. Polish surnames with -isz/ysz endings may be shifts of appellative derivates with the described structure and derivates: 1) in the appellative-onomastic area, when a personal name is derived from appellative basis, 2) in the onomastic area, when a new structure comes from nomen proprium.

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