Original scientific paper

Slavic nomina appellativa for roads and their areal distribution

Alenka Šivic-Dular

Abstract

The article tends to present a group of Slovene and Croatian lexemes that denote all kinds of roads, ways, paths, cart-tracks etc., and to some extent even specific parts of them, such as a wade, a rise in the road, a passing etc All of the lexemes included in this article that represent Common Slavic lexical heritage in the two South Slavic languages have developed on the basis of the following nineteen Common Slavic lexemes *pǫtь, *cěsta, *stьʒa, *stь/ъgna, *ulica, *-gonъ (*gońa), *pěšь, *pьrtь, *sǫtъka/*sǫtъ, *gazъ/gazь, *gatь, *kolnьcь,*lazъ, *xodьn- (*xoditi), *kolo (*kolo-vozъ, kolьnikъ, *kolo-sěkъ, *kolo-tečina [kolějь, kolěja, kolějina]), *sani, *slědъ, *torъ/*tirъ/tьrvъ. Special attention is paid to both derivation of the meaning and onymization of the lexemes in question.

Keywords

onomastics; lexicology; areal lingustics

Hrčak ID:

79854

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/79854

Publication date:

29.12.2011.

Article data in other languages: slovenian

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