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Dithematic name

A dithematic name is a single-word given name consisting of two lexemes or stems, to be distinguished from compound names, which consist of several separate words. They are commonly dated from pre-Christian times among Indo-Europeans, in particular, Lithuanians, Germanic, and Slavic peoples.

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A dithematic name is a single-word given name consisting of two lexemes or stems, to be distinguished from compound names, which consist of several separate words. They are commonly dated from pre-Christian times among Indo-Europeans,123 in particular, Lithuanians,456 Germanic, and Slavic peoples.789

Single-lexeme names or monothematic names are names based on a single lexeme/stem.

Polish linguist Zofia Kaleta asserts that many Old Germanic and Old Slavic dithematic given names reflected wishes for newborns.7

Since dithematic names are often long, they became truncated, first as diminutives, which had later become regular given names of their own.10 Czech examples: Rostislav – Rost; Svatopluk – Pluk; Radomír – Radim; Sbyslav – Sbych; Sdeslav – Sdeš, Sdenĕk (Zdeněk); Dobromil – Došek; Přemysl – Přek; Budihost – Buň.11

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References

  1. Zofia Kaleta, WHAT CAN THE ANCIENT INDO-EUROPEAN COMPOUND NAMES REVEAL ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF OUR ANCESTORS?, FOLIA ONOMASTICA CROATICA 12–13 (2003–2004), pp. 249-257
  2. KALETA Z. 1994–95, Human values as reflected in Indo-European compound first names. Onoma 32. Leuven, pp.83–94
  3. Albris, Sofie Laurine (2020). "Animal art and personal names in Iron Age Scandinavia: Different media – corresponding cultural codes?" (PDF). Onoma. 55: 77–97 (pp 80–81). doi:10.34158/ONOMA.55/2020/5.
  4. K. A. GIRVILAS, PRE-CHRISTIAN NAME GIVING IN LITHUANIA, Lituanus,Volume 24, No.3 - Fall 1978
  5. Antanas Pakerys, Dvikamienių lietuvių vyrų vardų kirčiavimas: pirmųjų dėmenų tvirtapradė priegaidė [ACCENTUATION OF LITHUANIAN COMPOUND MALE NAMES: THE ACUTE OF THE FIRST COMPONENT], doi:10.15388/baltistica.44.2.1312 (somewhat different version)
  6. Antanas Pakerys, Dvikamienių lietuvių moterų vardų kirčiavimas [Accentuation of Lithuanian dithematic feminine given names]
  7. Willy van Langendonck, Theory and Typology of Proper Names. Walter de Gruyter. 2007. pp. 83–. ISBN 978-3-11-019086-1.
  8. Maria Malec, Budowa morfologiczna staropolskich złożonych imion osobowych (The morphological structure of the Old Polish compound names). Wrocław, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1971.
  9. Halszka Górny, SŁOWIAŃSKIE IMIONA DWUCZŁONOWE ZACHOWANE W NAJSTARSZYCH POLSKICH TOPONIMACH (REKONESANS), Onomastica LXI/1, 2017, pp. 255-264,doi:10.17651/ONOMAST.61.1.16
  10. Maria Malec, Staropolskie skrócone nazwy osobowe od imion dwuczłonowych, 1982 (in digital library
  11. Jména a tradice v českých a německy mluvících zemích

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