The Origins of Pomerania’s Choronyms in the Light of Linguistic Material Cover Image

Pochodzenie choronimów Pomorza w świetle materiałów językowych
The Origins of Pomerania’s Choronyms in the Light of Linguistic Material

Author(s): Maciej Bandur
Subject(s): Historical Linguistics, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: medieval Pomerania; Pomeranian onomastics; Polabian onomastics; Kashubian onomastics; history of Pomerania; Slovincians; Kashubian language; Polabian language;

Summary/Abstract: This article presents an analysis of linguistic data concerning the origins of Pomerania’s choronyms and revisits two conflicting hypotheses. One of them assumes endonymy, the other a borrowing from (Old) Polish-speaking neighbours from the south. The aim of the presented analysis is to include in the debate, so far dominated by historians and archaeologists, linguistic data from Kashubian, Polish and Polabian, as well as to propose a possible solution to this question.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 1-18
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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