Na rozhraní mezi lidovou a vědeckou etymologií
Between folk and scientific etymology

Summary/Abstract: A starting point for reflections about folk etymology in onomastics is a documentconcerning standardisation of toponyms for maps in the 1930s supplemented by morerecent information from various articles and studies. This material helps to find specificsof the development of proper names caused by folk etymology, moreover, it showsproblems that appear in the scientific onomastic etymology. The scientific analysisof the original sense of proper names uses various methods, especially comparison,to reach the most likely explanation. The possibility of application of various methodsand their ballanced usage is a precondition of the right etymological interpretation.The absence of the comparative material makes the scientific etymology of propernames intuitive and it causes an approximation of their scientific and folk etymology.

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