Słowiańskie composita antroponimiczne w Kronice polskiej (Chronica polonorum) Galla Anonima
Slavic anthroponymic composita in the Polish Chronicle (Chronica polonorum) by Gallus Anonymus

Summary/Abstract: From the Polish Chronicle by Gallus Anonymus I have excerpted seventeen two-part names: Syroslao, Bolezlavus, Wladislaus, Wratislavi, Woyslavus, Zelislavus, Iaroslawo, Zbignevus, Semovith, Semimizl, Kazimiri, Meczzlaus, Scarbimirus, Gnevomir, Borivoy, Suatopolc, Swatobor. These are anthroponyms of wishing, prophetic character. Parents, choosing a name for their child, wanted the content of a given anthroponym to have valuating connotations and they believed that would have an influence on the fate of their descendant. Pre-Christian names had a form of a magic spell, and touched on the symbolic sphere. This initial stage of the evolution of the anthroponymic system attests to a deep connection of the name with beliefs.

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