Próba oceny skuteczności rozpoznawania etymonów apelatywnych i antroponimicznych w UN-owskich materiałach z pow. wadowickiego
An attempt to assess the degree of effectiveness of assigning appellative and anthroponomical etymones to toponyms of the Wadowice dostrict as confirmed in the late 1950s.

Part two: onyms, unclear names, conclusions

Summary/Abstract: The paper is the second part of a larger study aiming at characterizing toponyms of the Wadowice district (Małopolska Voivodeship, southern Poland), an area so far regarded as more densely populated only in late Middle Ages or later, on the basis of its etymons, both appellative and anthroponymical. Only names confirmed in the course of data collection in the late 1950s were taken into consideration. The main question to be answered is to what extent the procedures identifying etymons of geographical names currently used by toponomasticians can prove both effective and accurate. In this part of the study, attention was focused on contemporary surnames of the district and surroundings as potential etymons of toponyms characterized by certain formal properties as specified by former research (structures in -ówka, -owa, -(ow)izna etc.). These were subsequently confronted with surnames registered in the archivalia of the former Roman Catholic decanate of Wadowice between 1786 and 1939. The analysis makes it clear that the anthroponymic stock contained in these place names can be shown to be predominantly local, whereas complete repertories of localized Polish surnames available since the 90es of the former century should be welcomed (and constantly used) as invaluable and reliable basis for such research. Remarks concerning other types of toponyms were presented as well.

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