Original scientific paper

Slovene surnam es ending in -goj

Marko Snoj ; Institut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU

Abstract

In the article are collected the Slovene and Croatian surnames ending in -goj
and their Italianized variant -goi, as well as part of the medieval attestations of
anthroponyms in historical registers with this morpheme that helps to shed light
on its primary semantic value. The identification of this morpheme with the
Common Slavic lexeme *gojb, whose meaning can be established using the comparative
method as diving, vocation', is obvious. (...)

Keywords

Slovene surnames; suffix -goj; Slovene anthroponymy

Hrčak ID:

180386

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/180386

Publication date:

10.3.2003.

Article data in other languages: slovenian

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