Kámen v pomístních jménech Moravy a Slezska
The Stone in Moravian and Silesian Minor Place Names

Summary/Abstract: The stone is a significant part of landscape, hence the common noun stone is used as a base for a plenty of anoikonyms in all languages. This paper deals with Moravian and Silesian minor place names containing Czech noun kámen ‚stone‘, in dialects ‚rock‘ too. In the first part, dialect forms of the respective names are described. Then the autor deals with struc-tural types of the names and frequency of these types. Finally variability and motivation are explored.

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