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Humbold Uni e si y o Be lin Technical Uni e si y o Da ms ad
ORCID id: o cid.o g/0009-0004-5792-7680 Scien i ic esea ch
di ec ions: Bal ic, especially P ussian-Li huanian onomas ics,
Ge man-Bal ic language, li e a u e and cul u al ela ions,
Neh ungsku ish.
I'm no su e wha you' e alking abou .
This is Jus yna B. Walkowiak.
The Li huanian Nazwiska
I'm no going o lie o you. Slawnik, please.
Wha is he e ymology o he name?
F equency
Poznań: Depa men o Neophilology o he UAM in Poznań, 2019, 401 S.
This Decision shall en e in o o ce on he wen ie h day ollowing ha o i s publica ion in he O icial Jou nal o he Eu opean Union.
The lexicon o names by Jus yna B. Walkowiak, published as a dic iona y in 2019 and
o be discussed he e, o e s he mos comp ehensi e compila ion o amily names
(in he Fu he FamN) wi h p o en o assumed Li huanian o igin in oday's Poland.
He wo k is linked o he co esponding wo ks o Wojciech Smoczyński (1982, 2002)
and o he wo ks o Zigmas Zinke ičius (2010, 2011) ela ed only o he immedia e
Li huanian-Polish con ac a eas in he egions a ound Suwałki and Augus ów as
well as he his o ical Woiwodship o Białys ok, bu a exceeds hem in scope. The
amilies o Li huanian o igin in p esen -day Poland, which a e aken in o accoun by
he Ve .in in hei dic iona y, e lec he di e se his o ical ela ions and
in e ac ions o Poles and Li huanians. The oldes name laye includes he polonized
o ms o Li huanian wo-s o y su names, which a e widely used by he
descendan s o Li huanian noble amilies in oday's Poland (e.g. Radziwiłł). In his
con ex , Jagiełło mus also be men ioned, who, h ough his bea e o he name,
he
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304 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXIX Li huanian G and Duke Jagiełło (Jogaila), as
king on he Polish h one, also became popula as a nickname in Poland. The
esul ing FamN Jagiełła was his o ically widesp ead, especially in he a ea a ound
K akow. In Li huania i sel , Li huanian amilies we e polonized by he
Polish-speaking adminis a ion, la e Polish amilies we e Li huanianized. Ca ie s
o FamN om bo h name laye s a e in pa icula acco ding o he 2nd Wo ld Wa
en e ed he e i o y o p esen -day Poland. A pa icula concen a ion o
Li huanian FAMN o he 2. Du ing he Second Wo ld Wa , a eas o he o me Eas
zeig das Gebie au och hone li auische Siedlung im heu igen Polen in de
G enz egion zu Li auen in den Regionen um Suwałki und Augus ów. In den sei
P ussia belonging o Poland ha e e ained s ongly Ge manized amilies o
P ussian-Li huanian o igin, which ha e been pa ly polonized. Thus, FamN wi h
Li huanian e ymology o in Li huanianized o m o e y di e en genesis a e o be
expec ed in he dic iona y.
Howe e , wi hou men ioning i in he i le, he Ve .in in i s dic iona y also akes
in o accoun amilies o La ian and Old P ussian o igin as well as Polish and Ge man
amilies ha go back o se lemen names o Li huanian o Old P ussian o igin. In his
espec , he i le o he wo k would ha e been Bał yckie Nazwiska Polaków
espec i ely. Nazwiska pochodzenia bał yckiego in Poland mus be ead. This
enume a ion o he laye s o FamN included in he Ve .in sugges s an ex emely
he e ogeneous onymic ma e ial. The da abase o he dic iona y is he second edi ion
o he Słownik nazwisk używanych w Polsce na począ ku XXI wieku by Kazimie z
Rymu , published as a CD, which con ains da a on he equency o he FamN sp ead in
Poland b oken down by ci cles on he basis o he 2002 census. F om his huge co pus
o mo e han 13,000 pages, Ve .in selec s, on he basis o o mal and seman ic
c i e ia, he FamN o supposedly Bal ic o igin o p esen a ion in i s name lexicon.
Thei app oach is simila o ha o Zinke ičius (2010, 2011), who, howe e , elies on
elephone book da a, wi h he di e ence ha Walkowiak's co pus is une enly la ge
and he occu ences o he FamN in ques ion a e geog aphically no limi ed o he
his o ical Li huanian-Polish con ac a eas in Poland. This app oach is appa en ly
wi hou al e na i e i he FAMN Li huanian p o enance is o be cap u ed in i s
en i e y and is no o be limi ed o FAMN wi h clea mo phological o g aphic
cha ac e is ics poin ing o Li huanian. Howe e , as i will be shown, i ca ies g ea
isks o ailing wi h ega d o he Bal ic p o enance o FamN. The Ve .in o e s, as
he sub i le indica es, an e ymological dic iona y o he co esponding FamN, wi h an
indica ion o he equency o hei
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Occu s in p esen -day Poland. The Ve .in does no add ess he p inciples o g aphic
and phone ic poloniza ion o Li huanian p ope names in he p e ace. They a e also
no discussed in he espec i e a icles. Use s o he dic iona y should be amilia
wi h hese i hey wan o examine he e ymologies p esen ed by he Ve .in. The
dic iona y is p esen ed wi h a lis o Li huanian nouns and hei meanings. The FamN
a e p esen ed in he dic iona y as he main and e e ence lemma. hemsel es o m
he main lemma, o which he spelling a ian s, some imes also wi h longe chains,
Die dem e mein lich li auischen FamN nächs s ehende Va ian e ode diese
e e . This is ollowed by in o ma ion on he p esumed Li huanian (Bal ic) o iginal
o m o he FamN, which is hen assigned an onymic basis o one o mo e Li huanian,
Old P ussian o La ian e yms. In o ma ion on wo d o ma ion (e.g. diminu i e o ms
wi h -elisėlis o pa onymic o ms wi h -ai is) is o en he aul o he au ho . A he
end o each a icle, he equency o FamNs in Poland is indica ed, as well as he
equency b oken down by ci cle, which Ve .in has aken o e om Rymu (2005).
He e he use ce ainly eg e s ha ing a p in e sion and no being able o check
he dis ibu ion o FamN ad hoc. Howe e , his is wi h he one on he Nazwiska
polskie page. Rozkład wys ępowania nazwisk w powia ach (access:
h p://nlp.ac a o e. pl:8080/Nomina/Ndis ?nazwisko=) is a mapping p og am, which
also e e s o he da a o he 2002 census in Poland, easily possible.
In addi ion o FamN wi h clea Li huanian (Bal ic) e ymology and comp ehensible wo d- o ms
such as Bu ba (S. 72), Gin ow (S. 124) o Kalwaj ys (S. 159), which a e also widesp ead in
Li huania in hei Li huanian o m, he e is a special e o o he Ve .in hidden, hi he o
no eco ded in o he lexicon Polish FamN li . o cap u e Bal ic p o enance. Howe e , due o
he sound simila i y o FamN o a Li huanian appella i e o a Li huanian onym, i is oo quickly
emp ed o conside a Li huanian o igin wi hou consis en ly checking whe he he FamN is
widesp ead in Li huania a all, whe he he de i a ion o a FamN is comp ehensible and
whe he he Polish o polonized FamN is widesp ead in a eas whe e Li huanian indigenous
se lemen has been p o en o immig a ion is likely. This applies, among o he s, o he
a icles Bałanda (S. 45), Diews (S. 91), Dulka (S. 100), Naw a (S. 235), Wojna (S. 366), o name jus
a ew. Simila ly, FamN should no be compa ed wi h 1. e.g. he sp ead o Diews, Dulka and
Naw a in 1890. Access o he websi e is a ailable a h ps: www.genealogy. This is a lis o
ai po s in Tu key, g ouped by ype and so ed by loca ion.
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306 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXIX o he ending -as pauschal o be classi ied
as Li huanian (in he case o he Poloniza ion o Li huanian FamN his usually alls
o ), which applies, among o he s, o he FamN Adamas (S. 27), Babilas (S. 40), Kie as
(S. 168), Ta nas (S. 327), Wa pas (S. 350), o which an ex a-Bal ic in e p e a ion
mus also be sough . The selec ion o he FAMN, supposedly o Bal ic o igin
acco ding o o mal and seman ic cha ac e is ics, has, as al eady indica ed
abo e, i s laws. He e i is pa icula ly impo an o look a he equency o he
FamN. FamN, which and he also does no occu in Li huania. This applies, o
mi wenige als 5 Vo kommen im Ko pus e zeichne sind, soll en die Ve .in
zu Vo sich mahnen, insbesonde e dann, wenn de FamN nich zu deu en is
example, o De ai , c . […]DETRAIT […] po . The hypo he ical o m is De ai is26,
De ei 27. Cha ac e is ic ea u es o he Od zucenie końcówki o ML. I' e ne e
hea d o i . The sou ce o he Li huanian o m De ai is is a supposed Anne
De ai is, which is gi en in he US Census o 1940, whe e he name o m can easily
be explained as p esc ibed om Pe ai is. A Jacob De ei is ci ed as he sou ce
o De ei , who in 1681! is said o ha e li ed in Ge many. Howe e , a look a he
websi e h ps: o ebea s.io is enough o see ha he FamN De ai has i s
o igins in F ance o Belgium, whe e 615 and 171 occu ences o he FamNs2 ha e
been de ec ed. I is he e o e appa en ly a F ench amily, whose bea e o he
name has appa en ly only ecen ly been li ing in Poland. O he examples such as
Ba ada 3, Ba a 4, Ba ba 5 (S. 48) and o he s could be ci ed. Appa en ly, he
unde lying co pus also con ains FamN, which a e p esc ibed and which do no
exis (see Cigua S. 78 o Ciguła; Na wo S. 234 o Naw o , O owski S. 242 o
Os owski and o he s), which he Ve .in would ha e had o so ou in ad ance.
Howe e , he Ve .in should also be equally suspicious o high- equency FAMNs, which, like Wojna
(37786, p. 366), Dziewulski (2414, p. 104, o FAMN see below) o Da ul (957, p. 87, o FAMN see below) do no
occu in Li huania o whose occu ence in Li huania and Poland is clea . The numbe s in Fo ebea s
ep esen app oxima e alues only. Howe e , hey p o ide eliable in o ma ion on whe he and in
wha o de a FamN is widesp ead in a coun y. 3 Ba ada : 1097 occu ences in F ance (access: h ps:
o ebea s.iox/de/su names/ba ada ). 4 Ba a : 106,786 occu ences in Kazakhs an, 24,662 in A ghanis an,
13,066 in India, 4,720 in F ance and u he occu ences in o he coun ies (access: h ps:
o ebea s.io/de/su names ba a ).
5 Ba ba : 1330 occu ences in F ance, 742 in Romania (access: h ps:// o ebea s.io/de/
su names/ba ba ).
6 The in o ma ion immedia ely a e he FamN e e s o he equency o he FamN in he co pus.
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The e is a misma ch. The FamN Wojna is pa icula ly widesp ead in sou he n
Poland,7 which speaks agains a Li huanian o igin. The Ve .in is well awa e o he
impo ance o he geog aphical dis ibu ion o he FamN in assessing he Li huanian
(Bal ic) o igin o a FamN, as hey show on page 17 . Howe e , i may no ha e
consis en ly examined he dis ibu ion o d awn he necessa y conclusions om
he dis ibu ion (e.g. a s ong concen a ion in sou he n Poland, which could ne e
ha e a isen as a esul o immig a ion). The p esence o Li huanian o ms, as in he
case o Da ul8 s. Da ulis (p. 87), should in any case no lead he Polish o Eas Sla ic
o iginal o m (see also Fu sa, p. 110) in o he
To ake up a dic iona y o names.
Al hough Walkowiak admi s ha he e ymologies she p oposes some imes
ha e a hypo he ical cha ac e , which is mo e han unde s andable gi en he
numbe o FAMNs p esen ed, a ca e ul and clean e ymologiza ion and
conside a ion o he wo d- o ming p inciples o Li huanian could ha e
p e en ed some ob ious e o s.
A pa icula ly s iking example in his espec is he in e p e a ion a emp o
he FamNs Bałdyga (p. 45), o which he Polish dic iona ies o e a con incing
Polish in e p e a ion.9 BAŁDYGA […] by n. z. Bauda (also known as Bauda, Bawde) <
p us. Wha 's going on? I 's called baudin un […]budzić[…], li . I'm no su e wha you' e
alking abou . I'm no su e wha you' e alking abou . I 's also Bełdycki. GG Bałdyga
o Buldyga Wąsos pow. G ajewski 1705, Bałdyga Suwałki 1725, Bełdygowna
Mias kowo pow. This is he name o he illage in which i is loca ed. Łomżyński in
he yea 1743. This is Bauda, Baude, Bawde ( ). […]
Only linguis ic laymen can ela e old P ussian baudīn un (which, howe e , is nei he men ioned in
PKEŽ no in PJa10 and appa en ly is no a es ed) o li . baũb i. The Ve .in e e s he e o GenWiki
as a sou ce, mo e p ecisely i is he page h ps://wiki.genealogy.ne /Baude_(Fluss). The e is he
(unsuccess ul) a emp a in e p e a ion o he i e name Baude, which is aced back o
[…]p ussian […]baudin […] = wake[…] o […]p ussian-nad auish […]baub i[…] = oa […]. Nei he does he
loca ion o he Bauda Ri e ma ch he 7 Vgl. Nazwiska polskie Rozkład wys ępowania nazwisk w
powia ach h p://nlp.ac a o e.pl:8080/ This is a lis o he municipali ies o Poland.
The name o he dis ic is Vojna .
See also 8. Nazwiska in Poland: Da -ul, sk ócenie om he old own. Imion dwuczłonowych z -da w
d ugiej części, akich jak Boguda , Bożyda , NAp (access: h ps: nazwiska.ijp.pan.pl h ps:
haslo/show/id/6826). This is he i s ime I' e been able o do his in my li e. 9 Nazwiska in Poland: Bałdyga,
om ap. I'm no su e wha you' e alking abou . I'm no su e wha you' e alking abou . I is loca ed in
Niezg abiasz, D ągal SGP, SW (access: h ps: nazwiska.ijp.pan.pl/haslo/showid/1270). Bo h s anda d wo ks on Old P ussian a e no lis ed in he li e a u e di ec o y.

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The meaning o he su ix -(y)ga in his case has no ye been cla i ied. I a Bal ic
in e p e a ion we e o be conside ed, hen a connec ion o li . béls i, báldy i
[…]klop en, pochen[…] would be much close . The in e p e a ion o FamN o
P ussian-Li huanian o igin also p esen s di icul ies o he Ve .in, as phone ic and
g aphic adap a ions o Ge man mus be aken in o accoun in he e ymology. Fo
example, in he case o Di schuwei (S. 92) i mus be aken in o accoun ha he
Li huanian o m unde lying he Ge man o m o he name could be ead as
*Di šu ai is o *Di žiu ai is in addi ion o he o m indica ed by i . Excep in o eign
wo ds, Ge man does no know […] and subs i u es i wi h […]s[…] and i also does no
know any pala al consonan s. In his espec , Di schuwei is no , as om he Ve .in
on mhd. (She ci es Kohlheim/Kohlheim 2005: 192 as he sou ce, al hough only Di sche l
and no he Di sch and Di schuwei men ioned by he a e gi en), bu on li . dižius
‘Riemenmache , Rieme , a de i a ion wi h he su ix -ius o he o ma ion o
occupa ional names o li . dižas ‘Gü el, Riemen.11 In o he places, such as a he
FamN S eguwei (p. 300), she does no a emp an e ymology, al hough his is al eady
indica ed in Ch is iane Schille (2008: 55), which she ci es in he li e a u e lis , bu has
ob iously no e alua ed.
In gene al, Li huanian wo d- o ma ion ules a e ha dly aken in o accoun by he
Ve .in in he in e p e a ion o he FamN. Since, o example, de i a i es o med
wi h he su ix a ian -iu ai is p esuppose a o m on -ius as a de i a i e basis, he
FamN Kailowei (S. 157) canno ha e a de i a i e o Keilis, which he Ve .in uses as a
loanwo d om d . Keil conside ed, be conside ed, especially since in ka[…]lius he e
is a sui able Li huanian e ymology. In his espec , he i s in e p e a ion is no
necessa y. Balanda (S. 42) is aced back o li . balandái is […]junge Taube[…],
al hough in he P ussian-Li huanian FamN o all FamN on -a(i) (is) om he
co esponding pa onymic su ix. E en i he FAMNs a e p esen ed in a dic iona y
o his kind as indi idual names (which is in he na u e o he ma e ), he FAMNs
mus ne e heless be cha ac e ized by he pa onymic su ix -ai is -a is in a
Zusammenhang be ach e we den. Fü die FamN p eußisch-li auische
sys emic o igin, i.e. he FAMNs o med wi h hese su ixes a e gene ally
pa onyms and no diminu i es.
The in e p e a ion o FamN o Old P ussian o igin is gene ally wi h g ea di icul ies in
iew o he poo si ua ion o he adi ion due o insu icien a es a ion and lack o
con inui y in he adi ion 11 Schille 2012: 5152, 55; Schille 2022 (access: h p:
www.namen o schung.ne idname/).
202942/1).
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li e a u e. Mos o he ime, he co esponding in e p e a ions ha e emained
hypo he ical. In his espec , i is su p ising ha he Ve .in includes he FamN o
Old P ussian o igin in i s wo k, al hough i does no men ion he FamN o Old
P ussian o igin in he i le o in he s uc u e and he e would he e o e ha e
been no need o i . Howe e , he Old P ussian-Polish con ac a ea in p esen -day
Poland also allows he FamN o Old P ussian o igin o be expec ed, so ha hei
conside a ion would be an impo an con ibu ion o he in e p e a ion o his
FamN. Howe e , he con ibu ion made by Ve .in o he in e p e a ion o Polish
FamN o Old P ussian o igin is limi ed. O en he p oposed Old P ussian
in e p e a ion is unlikely, o example when he his o ical dis ibu ion al eady
poin s o non-P ussian e i o ies, as in Alke (S. 31), Maku a (S. 209), Man(n)igel (S.
210), Wysgalla (S. 273)12 and o he s. O en he in e p e a ion as Ge man FamN is
ob ious, e.g. wi h Man (S. 209, see also Mann), Meinike (S. 217), Rajnike (S. 268). In he
case o FamN, o which an old P ussian in e p e a ion can be conside ed, he
in o ma ion on he e ymology is inaccu a e, o en he Ve .in only lis s
in o ma ion om seconda y li e a u e, such as in he case o FamN Ko in h13 (S.
183).
KORINTH […] by p us. The n.o. Co in h, Ko in, Ko eynen and he P ussians.
Wha 's going on? I'm going o ha e a seizu e. E. B eza binds he n. a he han
he z. m. Co in h (G eece). OG Co in h and Co in h. GenWiki Co in h ( amily name). B eza 2000a: 220, T au and
I' e ne e hea d o LPŽ.
As al eady men ioned abo e a FamN Bałdyga, Walkowiak un o una ely also uses
he GenWiki sou ce, whose en ies made by linguis ic and onomas ic laymen she
appa en ly did no c i ically examine he e ei he . The Ve .in emains guil y o
explaining in wha con ex he a o emen ioned FamN is ela ed o Ko in and so on.
Ko eynen ( he la e wo a e his o ically handed down as se lemen names)
s ands, no has she he e also examined he exis ence o he Old P ussian e ymology
ci ed by he , ku in , in he P ussian e e ence wo ks.14
12 Vgl. hie zu die his o ische Ve b ei ung 1890 (Zugang: h ps://n k.genealogy.ne /map/1890: Alke,
1890:Maku a ,1890:Manigel,1890:Mannigel,1890:Wisgalla,1890:Wysgalla).
13 The las a emp a in e p e a ion in G asilda Blažienė (2011: 114). 14 See he in o ma ion in h ps:
wiki.genealogy.ne /Ko in h_%28Familiename%29 […]O igin and meaning: P ussian […]ku in […] = o hea
up[…] and […]Va ian s o he name: Co in h, Ko in, Ko eynen[…]. The in o ma ion he e goes back o
he en y […]Co in h = place Ko in/Ko eynen, ku in = hea up[…] om Heinz G. Podehl (1987: 16), a book
ha is essen ially useless o he in e p e a ion o FamN o Old P ussian o igin, since he au ho is
a linguis ic layman and he scien i ic li e a u e o he Old P ussian pe sonal names, such as Reinhold
T au mann
(1925) has no been used.
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The second laye o names no al eady men ioned in he i le, which he Ve .in includes in
i s dic iona y, ep esen s FamN o La ian o igin. In pa icula , i ocuses on immig a ion
om Le gallen (also known as Polish Li land, Polish In lan y), whe e he e ha e been he
mos in ensi e Polish-La ian con ac s in he pas . In iden i ying he co esponding FamN,
Ve .in elies mainly on Ilmā s Mežs (2017). In addi ion o he La ian FamN Be zin (S. 53),
Jaunzems (S. 150) o K uminsz (S. 187), howe e , FamNs such as Bokisz (S. 61), Kejs e (S. 165)
o Gejda (S. 115)15 a e a ibu ed o supposedly La ian o ms ha a e al eady
his o ically widesp ead in he a eas belonging o Poland oday. He e oo, he Ve .in elies
unc i ically on he sou ce (Mežs is a his o ian and no a linguis ) when i e u ns Kejs e
o he li . kes i ‘and, eplace, ans o m, wi hou his being in any way plausible, since such
a o ma ion on -e is no o be expec ed. The p oposed in e p e a ion a emp s o
supposedly Li huanian o Bal ic FamN should also always ake in o accoun he
wo d- o ming p inciples o Polish FamN. Fo example, he su ix -owicz o -ewicz in Polish is
usually used o o m pa onymics o nicknames, su names o occupa ional names, and he
su ix -ski o place names o co esponding se lemen names. Fo he FamN Aza ewicz
(S. 40) i is he e o e no ob ious ( he Ve .in ollows Zinke ičius 2010: 12) o a ibu e i o
Li huanian […]že as, […]že as […]see[…]. In he ligh o o he amines in Eas e n Eu ope, such
as Aza enka, Aza o and o he s, i should ha e been clea ha Aza and Aza o we e he
same people. Aza ij16 is a (non-Bal ic) nickname. In iew o he ac ha Polish FamN on -ski
can usually be aced back o se lemen names, hese FamN should i s be sough o a
co esponding se lemen name and no an appella i e in e p e a ion. Thus, he FamN
Dziewulski (S. 104) is no de i ed om he li . diẽ as ‘Go (a e LPŽ I 543, as well as
Zinke ičius 2010: 50), bu om he se lemen name Dziewule (K eis Siedlce, Woiwodship
Masowie o a e K eis Łuków, Woiwodship Lublin) om,17 o he end also a wo d abou
ci a ion p ac ice. The Digi al Family Names Dic iona y o Ge many (DFD) is published in 37
a icles as sou ce 15 Fo his o ical dissemina ion see h ps:
n k.genealogy.ne map/1890:Bockisch, 1890:Keis e ,1890:Geida. Bokisz, Kejs e and Gejda a e
he polonized o ms o he Ge man FamN Bockisch, Keis e , Geida (see Polish Gajda).
Dziewulak (S. 104) als Bewohne name zu ückge üh we den kann.
16 Unbegaun 1972: 51. He was bo n in Vienna, Aus ia.
17 See also The en y o Dziewulski in Nazwiska in Poland is a nazwiska.ijp.pan.pl h ps:
haslo.show.id/5372, also Siwik (2010: 156).
Jus yna B. Walkowiak. Li ewskie nazwiska Polaków.
Słownik e ymologiczno- ekwencyjny
Recenzijos Re iews 311 and he e iewe is ci ed as he au ho o he a icle.18
Howe e , o a la ge pa o he FamNs in which he DFD is ci ed as a sou ce, he
name a icles we e no ye c ea ed a ha ime (e.g. Di schuwei , Kailowei ) and
a e s ill being c ea ed oday (Diews, Dewilei , Di wela , e c.). I is unclea wha
in o ma ion he Ve .in, excep ha he co esponding FamN is widesp ead in
Ge many, has aken om he da a o he DFD. Compiling a dic iona y like his is a
majo challenge gi en he complex language con ac si ua ion and hus he
he e ogenei y o he ma e ial as well as i s scope. In his espec , he wo k o
Ve .in canno be app ecia ed enough. I is hei me i o ha e b ough he FAMN
Li huanian (Bal ic) p o enance as an exp ession o he common Polish and
Li huanian his o y back in o he scien i ic discou se. Despi e he c i ical
in oads, Jus yna Walkowiak has p esen ed a comp ehensi e e e ence wo k on
he Polish amily o Li huanian (Bal ic) o igin and hus made an impo an
con ibu ion o Polish onomas ics. The u u e onomas ic esea ch, which can
d aw on u he his o ical and genealogical sou ces and mapping possibili ies o
FamN, will ce ainly be many o hose o e ed by he Ve .in
can con i m e ymologies.
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