Slavonic Loanwords in the Book of Daniel Preserved in the South-Western Karaim Manuscript no. ADub.III.84
Slavonic Loanwords in the Book of Daniel Preserved in the South-Western Karaim Manuscript no. ADub.III.84
Author(s): Dorota CegiołkaSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Eastern Slavic Languages, Philology, Translation Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: South-Western Karaim; Book of Daniel; Karaim Bible translations; Slavonic loanwords
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the etymology of Slavonic loanwords found in a previously unpublished South-Western Karaim translation of the Book of Daniel copied into manuscript no. ADub.III.84. South-Western Karaims were surrounded by speakers of Polish, Ukrainian and Russian, with the linguistic contact instigating changes in Karaim over a period of several centuries. The present article focuses only on the Slavonic impact upon Karaim vocabulary and attempts to determine whether the borrowed words can be traced back to Polish, Ukrainian or Russian etymons. The loanwords are additionally compared with their counterparts in ancient Polish Bible translations.
Journal: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
- Issue Year: 141/2024
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 37 - 51
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
