Original scientific paper

Macedonian family names ending with suffixes -ovski/-evski and -ov/-ev in comparison to clan names forms ending in -ovci/-evci and -ovi/-evi

Marija Korobar-Belčeva ; Bruxeles, Belgium

Abstract

The text is an attempt to present the development of Macedonian family names whose roots contain personal names. They express the relation of possession, primarily of one person in the family, later of the family as a whole, i.e. the clan. Clan names have a central position in the final composition of Macedonian family names of this type. They are origins of present-day family names ending in suffixes -ovski/-evski (dialect form -oski/eski) and -ov/-ev. Finally, it is claimed that the family names of the type -ovski/-evski, such as Stojanovski, Ilievski, Jovanovski etc, represent the structural standard in the Macedonian language.

Keywords

Macedonian family names; clan names; anthroponyms

Hrčak ID:

22328

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/22328

Publication date:

28.3.2007.

Article data in other languages: macedonian

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