Professional paper

Genealogy in the service of onomastics

Nenad Vekarić ; The Institute of Historical Sciences in Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Abstract

Following demographic research into surnames of the Dubrovnik region, the author puts forward etiologically substantiated explanations of surname corruptions, such as present in the forms: Antičević (: Antićević), Rozalić (: Raosalić), Mihlinić (:Milihnić), Krivelja (according to French surname Crevelier), Paković/ Poković (: Pavko), Kola/Kolić (: Nikola); Vatović (: *Vahatović < Vlahatović), Žukin (: Župkin) < Župa), Mrdalo (according to Italian surname Martelletti), etc.

Keywords

genealogy; family names; anthroponymy

Hrčak ID:

23288

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/23288

Publication date:

28.3.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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