Ze staročeské „kuchyně“ – k původu slova kuchař
From the Old Czech “kitchen”: On the origin of the word kuchař
Author(s): Štěpán ŠimekSubject(s): Historical Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: etymology;kuchař ‘cook’;loanword;language development;Old Czech;word formation
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the origin of the Old Czech word kuchař ‘cook’. The analysis suggests that the word was probably neither derived from the non-recorded Old Czech word *kuchati ‘to cook’, nor from the attested Old Czech verb kuchati ‘to eviscerate’. The semantic and wordformative analysis of the Old Czech word-formative group containing words based primarily on the lexical item kuchyně ‘cuisine’ shows that the word kuchař is most likely a loanword from Middle High German adapted to the Old Czech lexical system, specifically to the group of lexemes containing the suffix -ař (comp. Old Czech rychtář from Middle High German rihter etc.).
Journal: Naše řeč
- Issue Year: 100/2017
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 312-321
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Czech