Hungarian terms in old Romanian juridical documents
Hungarian terms in old Romanian juridical documents

Summary/Abstract: The influence of Hungarian on Romanian became manifest starting from the 10th century and in the course of time became stronger, being felt even nowadays in various Romanian dialects. Our interest focuses on the lexemes specialized for certain fields of activity, belonging to social life and rural civilization, terms that have been attested since the 16th century and which are presently either no longer used, or used, while maintaining their semantic value or modifying it. The Hungarian forms studied here represent an integral part of the folk language. They are encountered all over the area where Dacian-Romanian is spoken, not in isolated regions, due to the numerous exchanges that occurred between the Romanian population in Transylvania and in the old principalities of Moldavia and Walachia.

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