Original scientific paper

An Overview of the Toponymy of the Janjina Municipality

Antonija Prišlić ; Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, Zagreb, Croatia
Domagoj Vidović orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-0237 ; Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The paper analyses 759 toponyms in the Janjina municipality, the central part of the Pelješac peninsula. The first part of the paper gives the essential geographic and relevant historical data on the contemporary and historical settlements and dialectological information because this area is located on the historical borders between the Čakavian and Štokavian dialects. Most local speeches belong to the eastern Hercegovina dialect (although they differ in accentuation and the Jekavian-Ikavian reflex of jat), and the contemporary vocabulary of Sobjava is Ikavian Neoštokavian. The central part of the paper analyses the motivation of toponyms and determines different layers. From the adstrate and substrate layers, the layer that had the most significant influence is the Romance layer, and toponyms with the Dalmatian Romance relicts stand out. (e.g. Na Petralu, Peča, Pod krišvon, Sućurac/Sućurje, Sutvid).

Keywords

toponymy; oikonym; Janjina; Pelješac

Hrčak ID:

266311

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/266311

Publication date:

7.12.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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