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O historii nazwy zupy "warmuszka"
The history of the soup's name warmuszka

Author(s): Lidia Przymuszała
Subject(s): Lexis, Comparative Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej
Keywords: Silesia; etymology; local dialect lexis; culinary lexis; bread soup;

Summary/Abstract: The history of the soup’s name warmuszka The subject of the article is the name of an old dish made of water and bread, registered in the Silesian dialects as warmuszka. The purpose of the article is to discuss the etymology of the name and to show how the name functioned in comparison with other terms for bread soup in the old general Polish lanquage and the dialects. Material research revealed that the most likely source of the name warmuszka is Middle Upper German form warmuos adopted through the Czech language in various forms (farmuszka, framuszka, faramuszka, warmuz) and adapted to the Polish language, eventually.

  • Issue Year: 2/2022
  • Issue No: 39
  • Page Range: 269-279
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish