| Title |
Dėl lietuvių dvikamienių asmenvardžių kamieno dal- atsiradimo |
| Translation of Title |
On the origin of Lithuanian compound proper names with first stem dal. |
| Authors |
Sinkevičiūtė, Daiva |
| DOI |
10.15388/baltistica.45.2.1520 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Baltistica.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2010, t. 45, nr. 2, p. 325-340.. ISSN 0132-6503 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Lithuanian compound proper names ; Origin ; Lithuanian onyms |
| Abstract [eng] |
Lithuanian compound proper names with first element dal- (as well as place names derived from them) cannot contain an independent element dal- related to the word family of Lith. dal-ià, dal-ýti. Lithuanian onyms with first element dal- originated in two different ways: a) cases with second element ‑mant- arising through contamination of the originally unrelated proper names Daũmantas and Dálmatas; b) cases with second element ‑ged‑arising through folk etymology alteration of dau‑ged- as dalg-ed- (vel sim.). There are no other proper names with dal- that could be related to the root dal-. In some cases proper nouns with dal- can be incorrect renderings of dau- before [g] due to Slavic influence or, alternatively, they may be an irregular variant of dol- (for dau-). Lithuanian compound proper nouns with dal- are thus all secondary, having arisen through alteration of already existing proper nouns. The evidence of the other Baltic languages is entirely unclear. A thorough analysis of the writing tradition of Curonian personal names would be needed in order to test the possibility that Cur. Dalbutt contains the first element dal- to be related to Lith. dal-. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2010 |
