Niekoľko poznámok o miestnom názve Šoporňa
A Few Remarks about the Oikonym Šoporňa

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the origin and development of the oikonym Šoporňa. As there are different opinions about the origin of this settlement name, the author’s aim is to present all the motivational backgrounds, taking into account all the relevant geographic-historical-linguistic aspects, and to take an adequate position on them. The comparative method finally revealed, that the name of the village was probably not motivated by the apellative šopa (known in English as a shed), as a folk etymology suggests, but rather by the natural conditions of the locality.

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