Del vienos XVII a. lietuviu asmenvardžiu priesagos
A 17th century Lithuanian anthroponymic suffix

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the suffix -uitis, attested in 17th century Lithuanian personal names. There is already a certain amount of research into the formation of Lithuanian surnames and the personal names from which they derive. In the historical sources investigated until now, the suffix -uitis was either not found, or it was rare. Its frequency in the 17th century church registers of the Gruzdžiai parish, where it is used to derive as much as 20,5% of all surnames, is therefore a striking fact. The forms were recorded between 1619 and 1690 in the register of ecclesiastical marriages. On the basis of a comparison with what is known about patronymical formations in the period involved, we can conclude that the suffix -uitis was patronymical. The peculiarities of the formation of personal names in the newly investigated source documents also point to this conclusion. The suffix -uitis can thus be added to the stock of attested 17th century patronymical suffixes.

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