SŁOWNICTWO LUDOWE JAKO PODSTAWA DERYWACYJNA XIX-WIECZNYCH NAZWISK PIOTRKOWA TRYBUNALSKIEGO
FOLK VOCABULARY AS A DERIVATIONAL BASIS OF 19TH CENTURY SURNAMES IN PIOTRKÓW TRYBUNALSKI

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this analysis involves historical surnames present in the 19th century archival materialsof Piotrków Trybunalski derived from folk vocabulary in the region of Piotrków. This paper appliescognitive methodology in order to showcase five conceptual categories, including kinship, work,space and place, appearance and character, part–whole, set–element as reflected in anthroponymicformations. Prototypical onomastic formations that are based on folk vocabulary include structuresformed in the process of onimization. The creation of names involved a small group of suffixes, amongwhich those with the-k- component stood out. Folk vocabulary was mostly used to describe people(the categories of appearance and personality, part–whole, set–element) by emphasizing the relation‑ship between people and the world around them.

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