Abstract: According to some sources, Saint Methodius has been entombed in the church in the town ... more Abstract: According to some sources, Saint Methodius has been entombed in the church in the town called Kana-/Kata-/Ka-onna, situated on the river of the same name. The reconstruction of this hypothetical fact is based on the old texts and historical and onomastic ...
Abstract: This paper is an attempt to the etymology of the theonym Svarog, based on the old Indo-... more Abstract: This paper is an attempt to the etymology of the theonym Svarog, based on the old Indo-European morality. The absence of Svarog in the Kiev pantheon of Vladimir the Great is regarded in the broader context of Slavic mythology. Both Svarog and Volos, absent gods ...
This paper deals with several entries of the recent Slovak etymological dictionary Stručný etymol... more This paper deals with several entries of the recent Slovak etymological dictionary Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny (2015) from the point of view of Winter’s Law. From this point of view, boh [God] (and, as the case may be, chod [motion, movement]) should have been originally borrowed from Iranian, koza [goat] should be regarded as a borrowing from Altaic languages, and sedlo
The purpose of this paper is to examine the violations of the Rhythmic Law in the words with the ... more The purpose of this paper is to examine the violations of the Rhythmic Law in the words with the suffix -ár related to the Ľubomír Kralčák’s inspiring paper On the Vocal Quantity Stability in the Slovak Suffix -ár (-áreň). I propose here a regressive rhythmic law according to which the Proto-Slovak roots of the AP (b) regularly shortened when followed by the suffix -ár. The proposed sound law operated in Proto-Slovak, before the definitive fixation of the stress on the initial syllable in Slovak and before the Slovak Rhythmic Law.
This paper deals with several entries of the recent Slovak etymological dictionary Stručný etymol... more This paper deals with several entries of the recent Slovak etymological dictionary Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny (2015) from the point of view of Winter’s Law. From this point of view, boh [God] (and, as the case may be, chod [motion, movement]) should have been originally borrowed from Iranian, koza [goat] should be regarded as a borrowing from Altaic languages, and sedlo
This paper seeks to throw new light on the origin of the Kiev Leaflets by comparing the dialect o... more This paper seeks to throw new light on the origin of the Kiev Leaflets by comparing the dialect of the Kiev Leaflets with the Sotak dialect of Koromľa, recorded by O. Broch in 1899. The Sotak dialect is chosen for the comparison because it seems to be very archaic and able to preserve old linguistic features, including accent. Moreover, in the medieval toponyms in the southeastern area of the West-Slavic group of languages we can find some of the peculiar traits of the Kiev Leaflets, such as raT-/roT-, *dj > (d)z, epenthetic l, etc., and in the Sotak dialect of Koromľa epenthetic l, *dl > l, G pl. f. rukach, G sg. m. dobraho, and others.
On the chronology of the rhythmic laws in Slovak. The purpose of this paper is to specify the chr... more On the chronology of the rhythmic laws in Slovak. The purpose of this paper is to specify the chronology of the regressive rhythmic law according to which the Proto-Slovak long roots of Stang’s accentual paradigm AP (b) regularly shortened when followed by the suffix -ár. The proposed sound law operated in Proto-Slovak, before the definitive fixation of the stress on the initial syllable in Slovak and before the Slovak Rhythmic Law.
The purpose of this paper is to examine the violations of the Rhythmic Law in the words with the ... more The purpose of this paper is to examine the violations of the Rhythmic Law in the words with the suffix -ár related to the Ľubomír Kralčák's inspiring paper On the Vocal Quantity Stability in the Slovak Suffix ár (áreň). I propose here a regressive rhythmic law according to which the Proto-Slovak roots of the AP (b) regularly shortened when followed by the suffix -ár. The proposed sound law operated in Proto-Slovak, before the definitive fixation of the stress on the initial syllable in Slovak and before the Slovak Rhythmic Law.
is paper demonstrates the absence of value in moral words, hence many semantic shi s and changes ... more is paper demonstrates the absence of value in moral words, hence many semantic shi s and changes in moral words are possible, as well as the general tendency of pejoration aff ecting words referring to strong and noble people and their values. e developments of this type may show a law of human society: the weak desire not to be oppressed by the strong, and if "the weak" are strong enough, they enforce changes.
Akademické krédo publish or perish je skazou odbornej literatúry. Predhovory by vlastne mali pres... more Akademické krédo publish or perish je skazou odbornej literatúry. Predhovory by vlastne mali prestaĢ existovaĢ, pretože sa v nich zvykli uvádzaĢ subjektívne dôvody, ktoré viedli k napísaniu práce; tieto však už vo väþšine prípadov zatieĖujú dôvody objektívne. Aj dôvody napísania tejto monografie (v tomto þase) sú, žiaĐ, najmä objektívne. No þiastkové štúdie monografie, ktorých je táto práca vlastne súborom, vyvierajú z bytostnej otázky, þo ma už od štrnástich rokov, kedy som sa ako gymnazista stretol s antickou literatúrou, neustále prenasleduje. A to: aký je pôvod nášho dobra a zla? Grécka kultúra, ku ktorej sa ako Európania hlásime, nám totiž neponúka jediný pojem dobra, ako je známa láska kresĢanstva, druhého základného piliera európskej morálky, þi ako je známy blahobyt nie až tak duchovných Đudí dnešného i dávneho západného sveta. Keć totiž þítame Achillove slová z Iliady, ktoré sú na zaþiatku tejto knihy (pozri Homéros, 1962, s. 207), a poznáme Achillove rozhodnutie odísĢ do Tróje bojovaĢ a zahynúĢ tam, a to napriek jeho možnosti tešiĢ sa z majetku toho, þo získal mu staruþký Péleus (Homéros, 1962, s. 207), mohli by sme si myslieĢ, že bojovaĢ bolo preĖho oveĐa väþšie dobro, ako žiĢ v mieri a hojnosti (toto ostatne nie je, samozrejme, ani dnes úplne neznáma vec, najmä u mnohých moslimov). Bolo teda v þasoch Homéra, nech už to bol ktokoĐvek, morálnym dobrom bojovaĢ? Bolo vtedy najvyšším dobrom byĢ dobrým, krásnym a veĐkým bojovníkom? Tak sa to naozaj dozvedáme v Iliade, keć Achilles jednému z Priamových synov, ktorý ho prosí o život, v preklade M. Okála (Homéros, 1962, s. 468) hovorí: ϴ Aj ty, priateĐu, umri! A naþo tu nariekaš darmo? Patroklos predsa tiež zomrel, hoc znaþne bol od teba lepší. Koneþne nevidíš azda, jak ja sám som krásny a veĐký? Pochádzam z dobrého otca a božská ma zrodila matka, predsa však obidvom vládne nám smrĢ a mohutný osud. Aby sme v plnej miere pochopili Achillovu dobrotu, uvećme ešte niekoĐko Homérových veršov v preklade M. Okála (Homéros, 1962, s. 463), v ktorých sám Homér vysvetĐuje Achillovu povahu, keć mu Trós padá k nohám a pokúša sa primaĢ ho k súcitu: Chudák, on nevedel totiž, že sok ho vyslyšaĢ nemá, pretože nebol to milý, ba ani láskavý þlovek, naopak, nesmierne prudký. Keć Trós mu objímal nohy, snažiac sa Achilla prosiĢ, ten peþeĖ meþom mu preĢal.
Táto monografia je viac-menej uceleným súborom mojich už publikovaných i ešte nepublikovaných štú... more Táto monografia je viac-menej uceleným súborom mojich už publikovaných i ešte nepublikovaných štúdií, ktoré sa venujú otázkam týkajúcim sa pôvodu slovenčiny.
Abstract: According to some sources, Saint Methodius has been entombed in the church in the town ... more Abstract: According to some sources, Saint Methodius has been entombed in the church in the town called Kana-/Kata-/Ka-onna, situated on the river of the same name. The reconstruction of this hypothetical fact is based on the old texts and historical and onomastic ...
Abstract: This paper is an attempt to the etymology of the theonym Svarog, based on the old Indo-... more Abstract: This paper is an attempt to the etymology of the theonym Svarog, based on the old Indo-European morality. The absence of Svarog in the Kiev pantheon of Vladimir the Great is regarded in the broader context of Slavic mythology. Both Svarog and Volos, absent gods ...
This paper deals with several entries of the recent Slovak etymological dictionary Stručný etymol... more This paper deals with several entries of the recent Slovak etymological dictionary Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny (2015) from the point of view of Winter’s Law. From this point of view, boh [God] (and, as the case may be, chod [motion, movement]) should have been originally borrowed from Iranian, koza [goat] should be regarded as a borrowing from Altaic languages, and sedlo
The purpose of this paper is to examine the violations of the Rhythmic Law in the words with the ... more The purpose of this paper is to examine the violations of the Rhythmic Law in the words with the suffix -ár related to the Ľubomír Kralčák’s inspiring paper On the Vocal Quantity Stability in the Slovak Suffix -ár (-áreň). I propose here a regressive rhythmic law according to which the Proto-Slovak roots of the AP (b) regularly shortened when followed by the suffix -ár. The proposed sound law operated in Proto-Slovak, before the definitive fixation of the stress on the initial syllable in Slovak and before the Slovak Rhythmic Law.
This paper deals with several entries of the recent Slovak etymological dictionary Stručný etymol... more This paper deals with several entries of the recent Slovak etymological dictionary Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny (2015) from the point of view of Winter’s Law. From this point of view, boh [God] (and, as the case may be, chod [motion, movement]) should have been originally borrowed from Iranian, koza [goat] should be regarded as a borrowing from Altaic languages, and sedlo
This paper seeks to throw new light on the origin of the Kiev Leaflets by comparing the dialect o... more This paper seeks to throw new light on the origin of the Kiev Leaflets by comparing the dialect of the Kiev Leaflets with the Sotak dialect of Koromľa, recorded by O. Broch in 1899. The Sotak dialect is chosen for the comparison because it seems to be very archaic and able to preserve old linguistic features, including accent. Moreover, in the medieval toponyms in the southeastern area of the West-Slavic group of languages we can find some of the peculiar traits of the Kiev Leaflets, such as raT-/roT-, *dj > (d)z, epenthetic l, etc., and in the Sotak dialect of Koromľa epenthetic l, *dl > l, G pl. f. rukach, G sg. m. dobraho, and others.
On the chronology of the rhythmic laws in Slovak. The purpose of this paper is to specify the chr... more On the chronology of the rhythmic laws in Slovak. The purpose of this paper is to specify the chronology of the regressive rhythmic law according to which the Proto-Slovak long roots of Stang’s accentual paradigm AP (b) regularly shortened when followed by the suffix -ár. The proposed sound law operated in Proto-Slovak, before the definitive fixation of the stress on the initial syllable in Slovak and before the Slovak Rhythmic Law.
The purpose of this paper is to examine the violations of the Rhythmic Law in the words with the ... more The purpose of this paper is to examine the violations of the Rhythmic Law in the words with the suffix -ár related to the Ľubomír Kralčák's inspiring paper On the Vocal Quantity Stability in the Slovak Suffix ár (áreň). I propose here a regressive rhythmic law according to which the Proto-Slovak roots of the AP (b) regularly shortened when followed by the suffix -ár. The proposed sound law operated in Proto-Slovak, before the definitive fixation of the stress on the initial syllable in Slovak and before the Slovak Rhythmic Law.
is paper demonstrates the absence of value in moral words, hence many semantic shi s and changes ... more is paper demonstrates the absence of value in moral words, hence many semantic shi s and changes in moral words are possible, as well as the general tendency of pejoration aff ecting words referring to strong and noble people and their values. e developments of this type may show a law of human society: the weak desire not to be oppressed by the strong, and if "the weak" are strong enough, they enforce changes.
Akademické krédo publish or perish je skazou odbornej literatúry. Predhovory by vlastne mali pres... more Akademické krédo publish or perish je skazou odbornej literatúry. Predhovory by vlastne mali prestaĢ existovaĢ, pretože sa v nich zvykli uvádzaĢ subjektívne dôvody, ktoré viedli k napísaniu práce; tieto však už vo väþšine prípadov zatieĖujú dôvody objektívne. Aj dôvody napísania tejto monografie (v tomto þase) sú, žiaĐ, najmä objektívne. No þiastkové štúdie monografie, ktorých je táto práca vlastne súborom, vyvierajú z bytostnej otázky, þo ma už od štrnástich rokov, kedy som sa ako gymnazista stretol s antickou literatúrou, neustále prenasleduje. A to: aký je pôvod nášho dobra a zla? Grécka kultúra, ku ktorej sa ako Európania hlásime, nám totiž neponúka jediný pojem dobra, ako je známa láska kresĢanstva, druhého základného piliera európskej morálky, þi ako je známy blahobyt nie až tak duchovných Đudí dnešného i dávneho západného sveta. Keć totiž þítame Achillove slová z Iliady, ktoré sú na zaþiatku tejto knihy (pozri Homéros, 1962, s. 207), a poznáme Achillove rozhodnutie odísĢ do Tróje bojovaĢ a zahynúĢ tam, a to napriek jeho možnosti tešiĢ sa z majetku toho, þo získal mu staruþký Péleus (Homéros, 1962, s. 207), mohli by sme si myslieĢ, že bojovaĢ bolo preĖho oveĐa väþšie dobro, ako žiĢ v mieri a hojnosti (toto ostatne nie je, samozrejme, ani dnes úplne neznáma vec, najmä u mnohých moslimov). Bolo teda v þasoch Homéra, nech už to bol ktokoĐvek, morálnym dobrom bojovaĢ? Bolo vtedy najvyšším dobrom byĢ dobrým, krásnym a veĐkým bojovníkom? Tak sa to naozaj dozvedáme v Iliade, keć Achilles jednému z Priamových synov, ktorý ho prosí o život, v preklade M. Okála (Homéros, 1962, s. 468) hovorí: ϴ Aj ty, priateĐu, umri! A naþo tu nariekaš darmo? Patroklos predsa tiež zomrel, hoc znaþne bol od teba lepší. Koneþne nevidíš azda, jak ja sám som krásny a veĐký? Pochádzam z dobrého otca a božská ma zrodila matka, predsa však obidvom vládne nám smrĢ a mohutný osud. Aby sme v plnej miere pochopili Achillovu dobrotu, uvećme ešte niekoĐko Homérových veršov v preklade M. Okála (Homéros, 1962, s. 463), v ktorých sám Homér vysvetĐuje Achillovu povahu, keć mu Trós padá k nohám a pokúša sa primaĢ ho k súcitu: Chudák, on nevedel totiž, že sok ho vyslyšaĢ nemá, pretože nebol to milý, ba ani láskavý þlovek, naopak, nesmierne prudký. Keć Trós mu objímal nohy, snažiac sa Achilla prosiĢ, ten peþeĖ meþom mu preĢal.
Táto monografia je viac-menej uceleným súborom mojich už publikovaných i ešte nepublikovaných štú... more Táto monografia je viac-menej uceleným súborom mojich už publikovaných i ešte nepublikovaných štúdií, ktoré sa venujú otázkam týkajúcim sa pôvodu slovenčiny.
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