Studies on Slavic Etymology with the Semantic Accent in the Works by Žofia Šarapatková

Abstract

[Rev.: Šarapatková Ž., Slova a věci. Etymologické etudy, Prameny české etymologie 1, Bohumil Vykypěl, Vít Boček, red., Praha: NLN, 2022.]

The Etymological group of Brno begins the publication of a new series: “Prameny české etymologie” [“Sources of Czech etymology”]. The series opens with a collection of articles by Ž. Šarapatková, one of the authors of the recently completed Old Church Slavonic etymological dictionary [“Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského”]. The collection comprises 20 articles, B. Vykypěl’s preface, a bibliography of the author’s works, a bibliography about the author, and indeces. Almost all articles focus on etymological analyses of the OCS lexicon with special attention to semantic aspects, which strengthens the argumentation in support of structural reconstructions. Based on particular etymologies, the following methodical problems of etymology are discussed: the importance and specifics of including rare words and dialect lexicon, and the role of folk etymology in the history of the lexicon and scholarly etymology.

DOI: 10.31168/2305-6754.2023.1.10