Observații cu privire la identificarea primului antroponim românesc cu sufix-ul escu (1276)
Observations Regarding the first Romanian Anthroponym with the Suffix -escu (1276)

Summary/Abstract: The study refers to the first mention of an anthroponym that can be considered Romanian. If until recently it was believed that Romanian anthroponyms with the patronymic suffix -escu appeared in the second half of the fourteenth century in Romanian territories, documents in Capua (Italy) record in 1276 a character named Lucesku, involved in a legal case. The relationship between the Romanian and the Italian space is highlighted once again, especially the South Italian one, which has been constant from the 11th century, since the establishment of Saint Gerard of Cenad in western Transylvania. What is pleasantly surprising in mentioning the first Romanian name from the Middle Ages is that there are – in the name's extensive composition – both names from the eastern and western onomastic stock, the western one being practically Gerard. Based on chronology and genealogy it can be estimated that the first Romanian name appears around 1220, when the stabilization of the Teutonic Knights in southern Transylvania occurs and there is a stable route between Rome, southern Italy and Transylvania. Based on this testimony, it is possible to specify the maturation of Romanian anthroponymy and society a century earlier than previously considered.

• Details
• Contents