Original title: On the etymology of the Czech words kobliha and špína
Authors: Valčáková, Pavla
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Etymological Symposium Brno 2017, Brno (CZ), 20170912
Year: 2017
Language: eng
Abstract: The text deals with the etymology of Czech kobliha, which is explained as a borrowing from Russian kobriza 'round bread, loaf of bread', influenced by Czech oblý 'round'. - Old Czech, Czech špína 'dirt' originated from German spinnen 'to spin', Spinnabfall, Spinnabgang 'dirt, waste from spinning'.
Keywords: Czech; dirt; doughnut; etymology
Host item entry: Etymological Research into Czech. Proceedings of the Etymological Symposium Brno 2017, 12-14 September 2017, Brno, ISBN 978-80-7422-619-9

Institution: Institute of the Czech Language AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0292455

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