Proto-Slavic *pepelъ/*popelъ: Original Form and Etymology
The article is dedicated to the geographical spread and the historical development of Proto-Slavic *popelъ and *pepelъ in the Slavic languages. The analysis of the data shows that the form *popelъ should be regarded a derivative of *pepelъ. The former appeared as a result of the folk etymology where...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC
2019-03-01
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| Series: | Slovenski Jezik - Slovene Linguistic Studies |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/sjsls/article/view/7342 |
| Summary: | The article is dedicated to the geographical spread and the historical development of Proto-Slavic *popelъ and *pepelъ in the Slavic languages. The analysis of the data shows that the form *popelъ should be regarded a derivative of *pepelъ. The former appeared as a result of the folk etymology where the first syllable was reanalysed as the prefix *po- used for the formation of deverbal nouns denoting a result (*pometъ, *pogrebъ).
The Nostratic version also has to be rejected because of its anachronic sequence of events. From the remaining two etymologies, which suggest the partial reduplication (from *pel(H)- 'burn' and *pelH- 'fine dust' accordingly), the author considers the first one more plausible as it doesn’t contradict the data as much as the second one and contains fewer unprovable assumptions. |
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| ISSN: | 1408-2616 1581-1271 |