The Origins of Pomerania’s Choronyms in the Light of Linguistic Material

This article presents an analysis of linguistic data concerning the origins of Pomerania’s choronyms and revisits two conflicting hypotheses. One of them assumes endonymy, the other a borrowing from (Old) Polish-speaking neighbours from the south. The aim of the presented analysis is to include in...

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Main Author: Maciej Bandur
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/adeptus/article/view/2766
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description This article presents an analysis of linguistic data concerning the origins of Pomerania’s choronyms and revisits two conflicting hypotheses. One of them assumes endonymy, the other a borrowing from (Old) Polish-speaking neighbours from the south. The aim of the presented analysis is to include in the debate, so far dominated by historians and archaeologists, linguistic data from Kashubian, Polish and Polabian, as well as to propose a possible solution to this question.
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spelling doaj.art-12a503225d994ab18a1b2bedb1e041c42023-10-26T15:56:55ZengInstitute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of SciencesAdeptus2300-07832022-12-011910.11649/a.2766The Origins of Pomerania’s Choronyms in the Light of Linguistic MaterialMaciej Bandur0Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk [Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences], Warsaw This article presents an analysis of linguistic data concerning the origins of Pomerania’s choronyms and revisits two conflicting hypotheses. One of them assumes endonymy, the other a borrowing from (Old) Polish-speaking neighbours from the south. The aim of the presented analysis is to include in the debate, so far dominated by historians and archaeologists, linguistic data from Kashubian, Polish and Polabian, as well as to propose a possible solution to this question. https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/adeptus/article/view/2766medieval PomeraniaPomeranian onomasticsPolabian onomasticsKashubian onomasticshistory of PomeraniaSlovincians
spellingShingle Maciej Bandur
The Origins of Pomerania’s Choronyms in the Light of Linguistic Material
Adeptus
medieval Pomerania
Pomeranian onomastics
Polabian onomastics
Kashubian onomastics
history of Pomerania
Slovincians
title The Origins of Pomerania’s Choronyms in the Light of Linguistic Material
title_full The Origins of Pomerania’s Choronyms in the Light of Linguistic Material
title_fullStr The Origins of Pomerania’s Choronyms in the Light of Linguistic Material
title_full_unstemmed The Origins of Pomerania’s Choronyms in the Light of Linguistic Material
title_short The Origins of Pomerania’s Choronyms in the Light of Linguistic Material
title_sort origins of pomerania s choronyms in the light of linguistic material
topic medieval Pomerania
Pomeranian onomastics
Polabian onomastics
Kashubian onomastics
history of Pomerania
Slovincians
url https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/adeptus/article/view/2766
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