O priezvisku Hrianka
The last name of Hrianka
Author(s): Péter KirálySubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Western Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Slovak word formation; historical onomastics; food names; personal names;
Summary/Abstract: The word hrianka ‘toast (bread)’, having a Middle Slovak phonetic form, derives from the Proto-Slavic verb greję, gnjati. This toast is made in several delicious varieties and used even for curing headache and stomach ache. As a personal name, it is dated from 1688. A man called Hrianka changed his name for Hollos in 1908. His son is Attila Hollos, the editor of Studia Slavica. The author of this paper greets him on his 70th birthday.
Journal: Studia Slavica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 48/2003
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 405-412
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Slovak
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