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Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15291/misc.1360

Naukir, Nauclērus, Nαyκληροσ: Etymological Note on the Eastern Adriatic Vernacular Reflexes of an Old Nautical Term

Nikola Vuletić ; Adriatic Onomastic Research Center, University of Zadar


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Abstract

The reflexes of the Greek nautical term ναύκληρος in the Slavic vernaculars of the Eastern Adriatic can be traced from medieval (navьklerь, navkir) and early modern (naukijer, naukir) to present-day attestations found in modern dialects of Dalmatia (naukir, navukir, nakir). It seems unproblematic to assume that these forms do not descend directly from Greek, but there is no consensus on the near source of borrowing. Different authors have so far proposed Medieval Latin (Maretić), Italo-Romance (Vasmer) or Dalmatian-Romance (Vinja,
Skok) as possible sources, yet most of these authors do not take into consideration the particularities of phonetic development in the Eastern Adriatic and Italo-Romance material. This paper discusses phonetic issues concerning the hypothesis of Italo-Romance or Dalmatian-Romance origin of the Eastern Adriatic forms and considers a range of possible solutions.

Keywords

etymology; ναύκληρος; nauclerus; Croatian Adriatic dialects

Hrčak ID:

191112

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/191112

Publication date:

20.12.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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