The Szpakowszczyzna ares and the origin of the Abramiki mill village – historical and onomastical comments Cover Image

Zaścianek Szpakowszczyzna a geneza powstania osady młyńskiej Abramiki – uwagi historyczno-onomastyczne
The Szpakowszczyzna ares and the origin of the Abramiki mill village – historical and onomastical comments

Author(s): Piotr Złotkowski
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Culture and social structure
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: anthroponymy; toponymy; microtoponymy; history of settlement; Podlasie region; antroponimia; toponimia; mikrotoponimia; historia osadnictwa; Podlasie;

Summary/Abstract: This article is a contribution to the study of historical settlement of thecentral part of Podlasie region in the vicinity of Brańsk. On the basis of availablearchival sources, the author reconstructed the history of the Abramiki mill villageand also established that the local family of millers was a branch of the Szpakboyar clan. The subject of the study was also the problem of origin of thetoponym Abramiki and the microtoponym Szpakowszczyzna and their relationson the extra-linguistic level. The paper also discusses historical anthroponymsused to identify the members of the Abramik family of millers.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 144-155
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish