Kontrowersyjne ślady zmiany pie. *p > pgerm. *f utrwalone w polsko-angielskich wyrazach pokrewnych: zestawienia sporne i wczesne zapożyczenia
Controversial traces of the change PIE *p > PGmc *f in Polish-English cognates: disputable etymologies and early loanwords

Summary/Abstract: The present paper is the third in the series devoted to the traces of Grimm’s Law in Polish-English cognates and it concentrates on the change from PIE *p to PGmc *f, but this time the focus is on the controversial cases, which are omitted from Polish etymological dictionaries. Firstly, ten disputable etymologies are presented together with argumentation pertaining to phonological, morphological and semantic developments and leading to new interpretations. The comparisons have been divided into three groups: (1) likely etymologies, which could enter Polish etymological dictionaries, (2) unclear or not fully clear and (3) doubtful/mysterious etymologies, which, despite similarity, present serious formal problems. Secondly, loanwords are divided according to whether they demonstrate effects of Grimm’s Law or not, as cases of Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic display the same sound correspondence for different reasons.

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