Folia onomastica Croatica, No. 28, 2019.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/m3v76t655y
Slavic Inhabitants of West-Pannonia Reflected in Toponyms
Előd Dudás
orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-8708
; ELTE BTK, Szláv és Balti Filológiai Intézet
Abstract
This article consists of two parts: the presentation of the Slavic dialect in
Pannonia in the 9th century, and the Slavic toponymy of Pannonia.
The first part of the article addresses the problematic questions of the Proto-
-Slavic dialect, which was used in Pannonia during the 9th century. The most important
information about this dialect includes the Slavic loanwords that can be
found in the Hungarian language. Basing our research on these Slavic loanwords,
we can conclude that this dialect was a type of a mixed dialect, which included
both West-Slavic and South-Slavic characteristics. Traces of that dialect have also
been preserved in the toponymy.
The second part discusses the beginnings of onomastic research in Hungary
and the Slavic toponyms in West-Pannonia. This part focuses on the Old-Slavic
inhabitants and the oldest toponyms, which can be traced before the 12th century.
The frequency of certain toponyms suggests that the largest Slavic settlements
were located between the rivers Zala and Mura, or, in other words, between the
city of Nagykanizsa and Lake Balaton. Linguistic analysis of those toponyms suggests
that the language of the old Slavic inhabitants had a South-Slavic character.
Keywords
Slavic loanwords in Hungarian; Pannonian Slavs; Slavic toponyms
Hrčak ID:
229575
URI
Publication date:
11.12.2019.
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