Dithematic name
A dithematic name is a single-word given name consisting of two lexemes or stems, to be distinguished from compound names, which consist of several separate words. They are commonly dated from pre-Christian times among Indo-Europeans,[1][2][3] in particular, Lithuanians,[4][5][6] Germanic, and Slavic peoples.[7][8][9]
Single-lexeme names or monothematic names are names based on a single lexeme/stem.
Polish linguist Zofia Kaleta asserts that many Old Germanic and Old Slavic dithematic given names reflected wishes for newborns.[7]
Since dithematic names are often long, they became truncated, first as diminutives, which had later become regular given names of their own.[10] Czech examples: Rostislav – Rost; Svatopluk – Pluk; Radomír – Radim; Sbyslav – Sbych; Sdeslav – Sdeš, Sdenĕk (Zdeněk); Dobromil – Došek; Přemysl – Přek; Budihost – Buň.[11]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Zofia Kaleta, WHAT CAN THE ANCIENT INDO-EUROPEAN COMPOUND NAMES REVEAL ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF OUR ANCESTORS?, FOLIA ONOMASTICA CROATICA 12–13 (2003–2004), pp. 249-257
- ^ KALETA Z. 1994–95, Human values as reflected in Indo-European compound first names. Onoma 32. Leuven, pp.83–94
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ K. A. GIRVILAS, PRE-CHRISTIAN NAME GIVING IN LITHUANIA, Lituanus,Volume 24, No.3 - Fall 1978
- ^ Antanas Pakerys, Dvikamienių lietuvių vyrų vardų kirčiavimas: pirmųjų dėmenų tvirtapradė priegaidė [ACCENTUATION OF LITHUANIAN COMPOUND MALE NAMES: THE ACUTE OF THE FIRST COMPONENT], Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (somewhat different version)
- ^ Antanas Pakerys, Dvikamienių lietuvių moterų vardų kirčiavimas [Accentuation of Lithuanian dithematic feminine given names]
- ^ a b Willy van Langendonck, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Maria Malec, Budowa morfologiczna staropolskich złożonych imion osobowych (The morphological structure of the Old Polish compound names). Wrocław, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1971.
- ^ Halszka Górny, SŁOWIAŃSKIE IMIONA DWUCZŁONOWE ZACHOWANE W NAJSTARSZYCH POLSKICH TOPONIMACH (REKONESANS), Onomastica LXI/1, 2017, pp. 255-264,Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Maria Malec, Staropolskie skrócone nazwy osobowe od imion dwuczłonowych, 1982 (in digital library
- ^ Jména a tradice v českých a německy mluvících zemích
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Silvo Torkar, (2013). Dvočlenski slovanski antroponimi v slovenski toponimiji. Jezikoslovni zapiski XIX, s. 111–128, http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-RVDPZUCD
- Сулямова Рузанна Мухтасымовна , Этимологический анализ антропонимов сибирских татар в XIX В. (на примере юрт Араповских Тобольской губернии
- Discusses dithematic Siberian Tatar names (among other types)