(Suffix *-ēn- in Slavic Ethnonyms in the Light of Their Variation)

Abstract: When researching Slavic tribal names, we may come across several tribes with two names based on one and the same root. This concerns, inter alia, also ethnonym Slav/Slavon. The names with the suffix -jane/-ěne, from Proto-Slavic *-ēn-, coexist with the other names, which are mostly autodenomination, and patronymic ones, however, they are not always derived from the latter names and they cannot mostly refer to a place. The assumption of analogies to Moravian-type ethnonyms, which were the most common in medieval times, is not fully justified, since the age of the records suggests that the records with the suffix *- ēnare as old or in several cases even older than those without it (e.g. *Tuchorěne, known as early as the 10th century, is recorded as *Tuchori only in the second half of the 11th century). In the light of this fact, the suffix *-ēn- must be reinterpreted.

Authors: Diweg-Pukanec, Martin

DOI: 10.17846/CL.2023.16.1.3-10

Publication order reference: doc. Mgr. Martin Diweg-Pukanec, PhD.; Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Arts, Department of Slavic Philology, Štefánikova 67, 949 74 Nitra, Slovakia; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4175-1727, WOS Researcher ID: AAG-6732-2020, SCOPUS Author ID: 55566239700

Source: Konštatínove listy, 2023, vol.: 16, issue: 1, pages: 3-10 (PDF file)

Keywords: ETHNONYM, ETYMOLOGY, ONOMASTICS, PROTO-SLAVIC, SLAVIC LANGUAGES, SLAVIC STUDIES

Language: SLOVAK

Recommended Citation:
Diweg-Pukanec, Martin. 2023. Sufix *-ēn- v slovanských etnonymách vo svetle ich variantnosti [Suffix *-ēn- in Slavic Ethnonyms in the Light of Their Variation]. In Konštantínove listy [Constantine’s Letters] 16/1, 3-10.