On the origin of Pol. dial. kautek ‘dwarf’, G dial. (EPr.) Kautke ‘ditto’
On the Origin of Mythonyms (Pol. dial. kautek, (G dial) (wschprus.) Kautke) Referring to etymological analysis, the author of this article presents a new hypothesis concerning the origin of the Polish mythological name kautek and the East Prussian word Kautke. The analysis refers to the descript...
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oai:doaj.org-article:09993350d2694071a8f004017c2cf83c2021-11-27T12:57:54ZOn the origin of Pol. dial. kautek ‘dwarf’, G dial. (EPr.) Kautke ‘ditto’10.12797/LV.16.2021.32.221896-21222392-1226https://doaj.org/article/09993350d2694071a8f004017c2cf83c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/lv/article/view/3933https://doaj.org/toc/1896-2122https://doaj.org/toc/2392-1226 On the Origin of Mythonyms (Pol. dial. kautek, (G dial) (wschprus.) Kautke) Referring to etymological analysis, the author of this article presents a new hypothesis concerning the origin of the Polish mythological name kautek and the East Prussian word Kautke. The analysis refers to the description of derivatives and semantic development of those mythonyms. While summing up the research results, one may conclude that mythological names such as Pol. dial. kautek, G dial. (EPr.) Kautke belong to lexemes of the West Slavic origin. More precisely, those mythonyms are derived from Pol. dial. *kałtunek ‘a mythological being who makes human hair tangled’ ↔ ‘a dwarf’ ← WSl. *kołtun ‘a mythological being’ (> USrb. kołtun ‘wił – a demon living in a tree’ ↔ (M)Pol. (dial.) kołtun ‘hair allegedly tangled because of a disease called trichoma’ < PSl. *kъḷtunъ ‘curled hair’) + dem. suff. Pol. -ek. East Prussian mythologeme Kautke belongs to Polonisms used in the past in the Duchy of Prussia. Rolandas KregždysKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticlePol. dial. kautekG dial. (EPr.) KautkeetymologymythologemeLanguage. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammarP101-410DEENFRPLRULingVaria, Vol 16, Iss 2(32) (2021) |
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On the Origin of Mythonyms (Pol. dial. kautek, (G dial) (wschprus.) Kautke)
Referring to etymological analysis, the author of this article presents a new hypothesis concerning the origin of the Polish mythological name kautek and the East Prussian word Kautke. The analysis refers to the description of derivatives and semantic development of those mythonyms. While summing up the research results, one may conclude that mythological names such as Pol. dial. kautek, G dial. (EPr.) Kautke belong to lexemes of the West Slavic origin. More precisely, those mythonyms are derived from Pol. dial. *kałtunek ‘a mythological being who makes human hair tangled’ ↔ ‘a dwarf’ ← WSl. *kołtun ‘a mythological being’ (> USrb. kołtun ‘wił – a demon living in a tree’ ↔ (M)Pol. (dial.) kołtun ‘hair allegedly tangled because of a disease called trichoma’ < PSl. *kъḷtunъ ‘curled hair’) + dem. suff. Pol. -ek.
East Prussian mythologeme Kautke belongs to Polonisms used in the past in the Duchy of Prussia.
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