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Δελφίς. Un'ipotesi sul significato originario
The current etymology of δελφίς connects it to δελφύς ‘womb; uterus’ and ἀδελφός ‘(co-uterinus) brother’, thus interpreting this name as ‘(sea animal) provided with a uterus’.
Andrea Nuti
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XXXIX All-Russian Dialectological Meeting. Lexical Atlas of the Russian Folk Dialects – 2023
The chronicle is devoted to the conference “XXXIX All-Russian Dialectological Meeting «Lexical Atlas of the Russian Folk Dialects – 2023»” which annually takes place in Saint Petersburg and this time was held on January 30–31, 2023.
Tatiana Shalaeva
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Genus Armeniaca Mill. (Rosaceae Juss.): specific composition, geography, introduction, selection
We describe of specific composition, distribution, in troductions and selections processes of genus Armeniaca Mill. and specify the Ukrainian genus and fruit name. The characteristic of apricots variety breeded in the M.M.
I.K. Kudrenko, V.G. Sobko
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Specific developments in Kiili place names
Place names have changed with the rest of the vocabulary during the development of the Estonian language. However, with place names characteristic developments have occurred that differ from the general vocabulary. Irregular shortening, group transition,
Tiina Laansalu
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Rola etymologii w rekonstrukcji językowego obrazu świata
The role of etymology in the reconstruction of the linguistic world view The author assumes that etymological analyses are “ethnolinguistically relevant” because by reconstructing the motivation of names, etymology allows one to reach the methods of ...
Jerzy Bartmiński
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The paper discusses the origins of the Estonian word jumal (‘God’). First, it summarises the versions proposed by previous treatises, and thereafter the linguistic material of Estonian runo songs is analysed in order to detect variations in its usage ...
Ene Vainik
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Results of Onomastics in Geolinguistics: Expedition Experience
This paper summarises the research material of the ongoing global grant project, “Modern Research of Geolinguistics in Lithuania: Optimisation of Network of Points and Interactive Spread of Dialectal Information.” The project aims to collect the most ...
Ilona Mickienė, Rita Baranauskienė
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Toponyms with the base *baz [PDF]
During the research, it has been considered which toponyms on the Balkan Peninsula are named after the plant elder (Proto-Slavic base *baz). Using etymology dictionaries, as well as the list of settlements of the Republic of Serbia, we have found twenty ...
Nikić Biljana V.
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The purpose of the article is to present the folk etymology of selected microtoponyms, their scientific verification aimed at establishing the actual origin of the names, showing differences between the folk and scientific etymology.
Robert Słabczyński
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Alexander the Great’s “Argolai” and “Lenii Levi”: On the Difficulties of Translation of The Life of the Prophet Jeremiah into Russian [PDF]
This article, bearing on facts and data from ancient mythology, a novel about Alexander the Great and other Greek-Latin sources, as well as taking into account Greek and Slavic etymology, folk, and ritual customs, reveals the possible serpentine meaning ...
Vladimir M. Kirillin
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