Geographical common words, as expressions marking places, are of central importance to the lexicon of any language, which is also true of Hungarian, because it is only these elements that can identify a certain type of locations. The research of geographical common words is especially significant in Hungarian, because they belong to that group of…
The antecedent of the book is a work by the same author entitled: Adatok a népnévvel alakult régi településneveink történetéhez [Supplement to the history of Hungarian settlement names formed from ethnonyms] (Debrecen, 2011). In it, the toponymic corpus is analysed from various perspectives. The result of the examination is the treatment of the onomastic corpus…
After thoroughly studying the 1211 land survey of the Abbey of Tihany, the author decided to continue her work along the general lines of Hungarian historical linguistic research and disclose even more exact information about the Hungarian language and its users of the decades following the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin. This linguistic record…
The charters containing anthroponyms and toponyms in Hungarian are the most important sources of the early history of the Hungarian language. So far, special attention has been paid to genuine charters only. Considering, however, the availability of sources from the early period of Hungarian literacy, other source types (copies or even fakes) should also be…
It is a generally accepted view in studies dealing with Hungarian sound history literature that the old Hungarian language did not favour initial consonant clusters, a feature inherited from Finno-Ugric. Much has been written about the disappearance of such initial clusters in loanwords. However, the toponymic corpus researched by the author clearly shows that the…
The topic of the essay is analysis of place names with toponymic derivatives, which occur as early as in our first written records. That is the reason why the exact time of when this name type could have developed cannot be determined. On the other hand, it can be stated that the development of place…
In the introduction to the study 3 detailed maps demonstrate accurate cartographical data on the German population and the area covered by its dialects in the area. In the introduction the reader will also find information about the structure and historical development of Hungarian place names. The author goes on to expound the fundamental differences…
In her work the author presents the name giving habits and the use of names as reflected by medieval oronyms. Special attention is given to the possible benefits of the study of oronyms for onomastic research and its related fields, such as history. The book consists of three basic units. The subchapters of the first…
The founding charter of the Abbey of Tihany is the oldest monument of the Hungarian language written in Hungary. The document — issued by Andrew I in Latin in 1055 — is preserved in its original form and contains 82 Hungarian elements: toponyms, common words indicating places and phrases made up of these parts. The…
The book contains the settlement names of the old Hungarian Bihar County in a dictionary format from the first data until 1600. The border-lines of the county changed relatively often over history, thus data of those village names which belonged to the county for a short period are also given. The author considers every toponym…
