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Greek as a source of Arabic borrowings in Slavic languages
Karlíková, Helena
The article analyzes two borrowings which came into Slavic languages from Arabic. However, Arabic was only acting as a mediator in this case.
Reflexions on old matters in language: unpaid neighbourly help among Slavs
Janyšková, Ilona
The paper deals with words expressing the unpaid help offered to the neighbours; their semantic motivation is presented. The author focuses on the most frequent expressions in Slavic areas, the continuations of the Old-Slavic * tolka and * pomogt6, as well as on the expressions confined to only one or few Slavic languages.
Etymological dictionaries of the Old Church Slavonic
Janyšková, Ilona
On the etymological dictionaries of Old Church Slavonic and their conception.
Etymology of some Bulgarian words
Havlová, Eva
Notes on a new etymology of Bulgarian expressions žužel ´snail´ and viza ´sturgeon´.
Etymological remarks on Slavonic names of the carob tree
Janyšková, Ilona
The article deals with the origin of the names of the carob tree in the Slavonic languages.
Terms for the lastborn child in a family
Janyšková, Ilona
The article presents an overview of the semantic motivations for naming the youngest child in Slavonic languages. The rich dialectal material from individual Slavonic languages shows that in the past (and in some places even today) the lastborn child in a family had a special standing, both in a positive sense and also the negative.
The etymological lexicography in the South Slavonic languages at the beginning of the new millennium
Janyšková, Ilona
The paper informs about new etymological dictionaries in the South Slavonic languages
Traditions and perspectives of the Brno etymological school
Karlíková, Helena
Speaking about the Brno etymological school, we have in mind the principles and processes of the etymological treatment of lexis which were defined and used by the professor of the faculty of arts of the Brno university Václav Machek.

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