Výklady místních jmen na oficiálních webových stránkách obcí
Interpretations of place names on official municipal websites

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses interpretations of place names on the official websites of Czechmunicipalities. Not only folk etymology, but also quoting official scientific etymologiesis investigated. Relationships between the individual interpretations of a toponymare examined. Interpretations on websites often depart directly from folk etymologies,sometimes borrowed from municipal chronicles. On the other hand, some websitespresent official scientific interpretations or they even refer to authorities in the fieldof linguistics. The scientific interpretation is often compared to the folk one, oftenstating which one is considered to be more probable. However, folk etymologies aresometimes preferred to scientific interpretations. Folk interpretations may be basedon important factual knowledge, for example awareness of the older form of the toponym,but this does not assure the correctness of the interpretation.

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