Semantyka morfemu rdzeniowego *kozw zachodniosłowiańskich dialektalnych nazwach roślin
Semantics of the root morpheme *koz- in West Slavic dialectal phytonyms

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to specifics of semantic structure of the root morpheme *koz- in West Slavicdialectal phytonyms. In the center of attention is the group of phytonyms numbering more than30 names of plants with the root *koz- in their structure. The characteristic feature of this group isa variety of their motivational signs and double motivation of some names of plants. It is supposedthat a source of this phenomenon is multilayered structure of semantics of the root morpheme*koz- and ability of some components (‘goat’ and ‘nervous’) to change their place and status inthis structure. The attention is also paid, that in such roots as *koz-, *koń-, *žab-, *myš- etc. thereis always a seme ‘animal’, which doesn’t change its status and unites all the components of thesemantics of the root in one structure at different stages of functioning of the names of plants.

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