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Nume de familie provenite din terminologia păstorească
Surnames Derived from Pastoral Terminology

Author(s): Teodor Oanca
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Institutul de Filologie Română „Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu”
Keywords: pastoral terminology; nickname; surname;

Summary/Abstract: Growing cattle and especially sheep was one of the main traditional Romanian occupations. Some of the terms used in this field became nicknames and later surnames. The Romanian anthroponymic database includes such surnames (listed in the Annex) and specifies the distribution of the bearers by county and region.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 57-71
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English, Romanian