Author(s): Daiva Sinkevičiūtė / Language(s): Lithuanian
Issue: 18/2016
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.
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