Słownik wyrazów obcego a mniej jasnego pochodzenia… Jana Karłowicza – wyrazem wiedzy i zamiłowań lituanistycznych autora
Dictionary of foreign words of the less known origin by Jan Karłowicz – an expression of knowledge and Lithuanistic tastes of author

Summary/Abstract: The object of the description in the article is Lithuanian lexicon occurring in the Dictionary of foreign words of the less known origin (EWS) composed by Jan Karłowicz, who was involved in the multifaceted research on the Lithuanian language and culture – he studied the Lithuanian dialect, local names, and initiated research on Lithuanian folklore. He also published materials from Lithuania (ethnographic descriptions, folklore and language descriptions of the Samogitian nobility) in the Wisla, previously editing them and adding comments in the text to the Lithuanian vocabulary. His onomastic collections as well as the study About the Lithuanian Language have been rediscovered by Lithuanian linguists who devoted a separate study to them. Solid knowledge of comparative linguistics and his own experience in research the Lithuanian language and culture, work with Lithuanian printed materials, handwritten or derived from field studies in Lithuania, allowed him to use the knowledge and materials in very different ways. Next to words analyzed in the EWS, he included the words of Lithuanian origin and next – Slavic borrowings of Lithuanian dialects, thereby contributing indirectly to the study of foreign lexis in the Lithuanian dialects. A similar historic-linguistic interpretation was acceptable in those days when the methodology of etymological research was just developing and every manifestation of language was worth documenting.

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