Od apelatywu „wierzba” do antroponimu „Wierzbiński”
From the appellative of “wierzba” to the anthroponym of “Wierzbiński”

Author(s): Renata Marciniak-Firadza
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Baltic Languages
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: lexis; historical Polish; modern Polish; dialect; onomastics
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to highlight connections of the common name of “wierzba” [Eng. “willow”] and the proper name “Wierzbiński”. The author discusses the etymology of the word “wierzba” and its meaning in the history of the Polish language, both in contemporary Polish and in its dialects. Next, the author explains the word and phraseological relationships with the “wierzba” appellative as well as with derived words, which are both common and proper names.The source material for the analysis was excerpted from dictionaries of the Polish language: etymological, general (explanatory: historical and contemporary dictionaries), dialectal, phraseological, and onomastic.

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