Stratul elementelor de origine maghiară în Catehismul Calvinesc din 1648
The Lexical Stratum of Hungarian Origin in the Calvinist Catechism Printed in 1648

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the present study is to provide the necessary linguistic data for future research on Hungarian loanwords in the 17th century. With this in mind, the paper offers a list of Hungarian loanwords recorded in the Calvinist catechism printed in Alba Iulia in 1648, accompanied by the contexts in which they are employed in the Romanian translation. The proposed glossary is followed by a few remarks about the status and functionality of the listed Hungarian loanwords with respect to the text itself and to the old Romanian language in general. Thus, the lexical items in question are discussed in terms of their means of penetration, vitality and productivity and in relation to the linguistic norm and to textual filiations. Overall, the folk Hungarian loanwords correspond to a regional linguistic norm, but, beyond that, their use is often determined by the translator’s own preference for such lexical items. Bookish Hungarian loanwords, on the other hand, continue a certain elitist tradition characteristic for old Calvinist-Romanian texts or function as translation marks indicating textual filiations.

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