PERSONAL NAMES IN THE POLISH, SLOVAKIAN, AND CZECH ANTHROPONYMIC SYSTEMS DERIVED FROM A LATIN NAME THAT DENOTES A PLANT
PERSONAL NAMES IN THE POLISH, SLOVAKIAN, AND CZECH ANTHROPONYMIC SYSTEMS DERIVED FROM A LATIN NAME THAT DENOTES A PLANT

Summary/Abstract: The research object of the present text is Polish, Slovakian, and Czech personal names derived from a name which is Latin by origin and denotes a plant. The main aim is to present their full list as well as their initial meaning. Specialized anthroponymic dictionaries are used as the main source of information for excerpting the researched anthroponyms. All of them contain information not only about the different name forms, but also about their etymology, origin, and canonization. The researched anthroponyms are divided into three major groups according to: 1) the meaning of the appellative (i. e. a thematic classification); 2) the type of the basic word (i. e. if the researched anthroponym is derived directly from an appellative or via another anthroponym (in this case a Roman gentile name or a Neolatin name)); 3) their canonization. All personal names included in this research are a part of the modern Polish, Slovakian, and Czech anthroponymicons, even though they represent a small group with relatively infrequent usage, the initial meaning of which is not completely clear to everybody nowadays. That is why it is of great importance to reveal the basic appellative.

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