LITHIANIAN PERSONAL NAMES OF HYPOCORISTIC ORIGIN AND THEIR SPELLING PECULIARITIES IN THE 1661-1795 LIST OF VILNIUS'S NEW CITIZENS AND WARRANTORS Cover Image

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LITHIANIAN PERSONAL NAMES OF HYPOCORISTIC ORIGIN AND THEIR SPELLING PECULIARITIES IN THE 1661-1795 LIST OF VILNIUS'S NEW CITIZENS AND WARRANTORS

Author(s): Daiva Sinkevičiūtė
Subject(s): Cultural history, Theoretical Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas

Summary/Abstract: This article continues my analysis of Lithuanian proper names of the citizens of Vilnius in the seventeenth to eighteenth century focusing on names of hypocoristic origin. The hypocoristic stems gail-, gaud-, ged-, gird-ik-, gir-k-, kant-š-, mil-iuk-, mil-k-, min-, min-ut-, rim-, rim-š-, sir-, vyd-, vyd-in-, and žyg-el- were inherited and belonged to the citizens of Vilnius and its surroundings. Also the stems al-uk-, bar-, bar-k-, bil-, bud-, buin-, but-, but-k-, but-š- (or bud-š-), daug-š-, gil-, kar-, man-k-, mil-, min-k-, nor-, nor-eik-, nor-k-, nor-uš-, rad-, rin-k-, sur-, vaišn-, and žad- were inherited; they are found not only among locals, but also among newcomers. Some of these stems (al-uk-, bar-, bud-, but-š- or bud-š-, daug-š-, ged-, gird-ik-, kant-š-, mil-k-, min-, min-k-, min-ut-, vaišn-, vyd- and vyd-in-) are only known from the middle of the seventeenth century and now they complement Zigmas Zinkevičius’ inventory of hypocoristic stems.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 221-254
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Lithuanian