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Toponyma v představách jejich uživatelů

Title in English Toponyms in the imagination of their users
Authors

PLESKALOVÁ Jana

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Přednášky a besedy z LV. ročníku Letní školy slovanských (bohemistických) studií
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Keywords folk etymology; non-scholarly etymology; toponyms, an analysis based on the relational model; relational model; naming motive; Czech Republic
Description The author offers a new view of folk etymology of toponyms from the perspective of their naming motives. An analysis based on the relational model proved that names belonging to the C-type of the relational model are most often subject to the folk etymology, i.e. names expressing characteristics of named objects, as well as names belonging to the D-type of the relational model, i.e. names expressing possessivity and other relations to a person. An example of the C-type of the relational model: the name Nádavky formed on the basis of the verb nadati “to add”, i.e. “added pieces of land”, according to the folk etymology is a place where people were swearing at one another, cf. nadávky “swear words”; an example of the D-type of the relational model: the village name Radějov, formed from the anthroponym Raděj, according to the folk etymology is a place where bandits lived and discussed which places to rob (in Czech radili se, i.e. were discussing/arranging).

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