Towards Etymology of the Hungarian Name Darázs 'wasp, hornet' Cover Image
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К этимологии венгерского названия darázs ‘оса, шершень’
Towards Etymology of the Hungarian Name Darázs 'wasp, hornet'

Author(s): András Zoltán
Subject(s): Language studies, Geography, Regional studies, Sociolinguistics, Finno-Ugrian studies, Western Slavic Languages, Eastern Slavic Languages, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: etymology; Slavic-Hungarian language contacts; Hungarian darázs ‘wasp’;

Summary/Abstract: The Hungarian word darázs ‘wasp’ has no acknowledged etymology in the current dictionaries. In this paper, a Slavic etymology is suggested for the Hungarian word from the verb *dražiti ‘to irritate, to provoke’.

  • Issue Year: 55/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 471-473
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Russian