Published: 2020-10-29

Determinants of Silesian origin of old and contemporary surnames of 
the inhabitants of Upper Silesia

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Abstract

The article concerns Silesian anthroponomy. Using examples from two 19th century church registers indices from Upper Silesia, the author demonstrates which features of Silesian dialect are reflected in the surnames. Some phonetic features of the analysed names are discussed in the article, as well as the appearance of the suffixes -ok, -us, -el. Examples of names that bear traces of lexical archaisms and Silesian dialect are also discussed. In order to select the Silesian surnames the author uses data gathered in the Dictionary of surnames used in Poland in the beginning of the 21st century by K. Rymut.

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Mitrenga, B. (2020). Determinants of Silesian origin of old and contemporary surnames of 
the inhabitants of Upper Silesia. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 19(1), 129–145. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/PPol/article/view/10121

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2017)
Published: 2020-11-02


ISSN: 1898-1593
eISSN: 2353-9844
Ikona DOI 10.31261/PS_P

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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