Polish baśka, Russian башкá, Ukrainian бáшкá ‘head’ and Their Etymology in Max Vasmer’s Dictionary Cover Image

Polskie baśka, rosyjskie башкá, ukraińskie бáшкá ‘głowa’ i ich etymologia w słowniku Maxa Vasmera
Polish baśka, Russian башкá, Ukrainian бáшкá ‘head’ and Their Etymology in Max Vasmer’s Dictionary

Author(s): Marek Stachowski
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Lexis, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages, Turkic languages
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycytyczne
Keywords: Max Vasmer;etymology;Russian language;Ukrainian language;borrowings;lexicography

Summary/Abstract: The three colloquial words for ‘head’ adduced in the title of this paper are of Turkic origin, cf. Tkc. baš ’head’. However, this author contests Max Vasmer’s opinion that the Russian word was borrowed from the Turkic dative form (baš.ka) with the meaning ‘per unit, each; pro Stück’. Moreover, it is suggested that the Ukrainian reflex continues, as a matter of fact, two words.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 162
  • Page Range: 126-132
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish