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HARALD BICHLMEIER
Sächsische Akademie de Wissenscha en zu Leipzig
Ma in-Lu he -Uni e si ä Halle-Wi enbe g
ORCID id: o cid.o g/0000-0003-0001-1677 Resea ch ields:
onomas ics ( oponymy), his o ical phonology o he Ge manic
languages, Indo-Eu opean linguis ics, Aljamiado ex s.
I'm no su e wha you' e alking abou .
I'm no su e wha you' e alking abou . I'm no su e wha you mean.
LEXICON OF BALTIC This Regula ion 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.
My hology
Se ies Empi y and heo y o
Linguis ics 7
Heidelbe g: Published by he Uni e si y o Win e , 2021, 290 S.
This Regula ion 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.
While essays and books de o ed o Bal ic my hology o my hologies in he Bal ics
con inue o appea in Bal ic languages, such wo ks a e a e in Wes e n Eu opean
languages. This has ce ainly also con ibu ed o he ac ha he esea ch on
he compa a i e my hology o he peoples using Indo-Ge manic languages a e a
high phase in he 2nd cen u y AD. Hal o he 20 h. In he mean ime, a leas wi hin
he Indo-Ge manic li e a u e, which he e iewe o e looks hal way, i seems o
ha e la gely collapsed. I is he e o e all he mo e welcome ha he English
ansla ion o an o iginally Czech book on he subjec o encyclopedic li e a u e
has now been published in he o m o a dic iona y.
The p esen book is he new edi ion o Bě áko á, Blažek, ansla ed in o English and
upda ed (especially in bibliog aphical e ms) in 2012. Howe e , he e a e also some
edi o ial o s uc u al changes ha make he wo e sions di e en . Fo
example, he new edi ion lacks (signi ican ly) he lis o ecommenda ions o
u he eading in Czech (2012: 284 […] 286). Since he Czech
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O iginally appa en ly in ended o a wide audience, he e was also a one-page
glossa y o less common e ms (2012: 286 .), a lis o e e ences o he
p onuncia ion o meaning o Li huanian o La ian g aphemes (2012: 24 .) and, wha
eally means a loss, also a lis o p ima y sou ces in ch onological o de acco ding
o he ime o hei c ea ion (no publica ion), a compila ion ha can ha dly be
ound elsewhe e (2012: 232-248) and is also cha ac e ized by he ac ha i
usually also indica es he li e da es o he au ho s. O cou se, he da a a e
usually men ioned again in he alphabe ical o e iew o he p ima y sou ces (2012:
248 […] 269; 2021: 271 […] 290), bu he ch onological a angemen s ill o e s an
addi ional iew o he ma e ial. The lis o he mos common abb e ia ions s ill
gi en in he i s e sion (2012: 269 […] 271) no longe exis s, hese a e now ound
exclusi ely in he (luxu ious) li e a u e (2021: 255 […] 271) and in he li e a u e (2021:
255 […] 271) espec i ely. Lis o sou ces (2021: 271 […] 290). This is a lis o sou ces.
He e se e al addi ions o li e a u e om he las decade ha e been made (no e
o example he added i les o Václa Blažek (2021: 257) and e en mo e o he
cu en ly mos impo an and mos p oduc i e esea che o Bal ic my hology
and my hological igu es, Rolandas K egždys (2021: 261 .). Al hough included in he
bibliog aphy, bu
(p ac ically) ne e ci ed wo e ymologics, he LEV al eady in he i s edi ion (1992,
he new edi ion o 2001 was no bibliog aphed) and he ALEW. On he o he hand, he
Li EW (1962[…]1965) and he newly adop ed Li hED a e consis en ly ci ed in e e ences
o e ymology. The new edi ion o he E ymological Dic iona y o Old P ussian (Mažiulis
2013) is also ci ed, bu is usually no ci ed. A co ec ion o . Upda ing he al eady
exis ing bibliog aphic appa a us has appa en ly no always aken place, o example
in he al eady men ioned LEV o he ESJS, which is s ill only up o Fasz. 15, al hough
al eady 2018 Fasz. 19 has been published (2012: 269; 2021: 258) and he dis inguished
Indoge manis Man ed May ho e is s ill called Mann ed (2012: 7, 278; 2021: 21, 263 .).
The English o he ansla ion is consis en ly in o de , ypog aphical e o s a e a e
(and usually no o be ound in he English i sel ; e.g. […]libe e um[…] ins ead o
libe um e o [2021: 15; so al eady 2012: 15], […] inacial[…] [21], […]Li huanian-Ge man and
Ge man-Li huanian[…] [37; co ec a icle 285]), bu i ce ainly shows clea
weaknesses in usage ( he e a e dozens o imes missing he de ini e a icle, a e
also he inde ini e a icle a), as i can occu wi h au ho s whose mo he ongue does
no know. Also unusual is he .a. In he i s qua e o he book, he opposi e use o
esou ces ins ead o sou ces.
I'm no going o lie o you. I'm no going o lie o you. The Lexicon o
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A e his c i ical in oduc ion, he .a. The lexicon con ains a icles o e y
di e en leng hs, om a ew lines o se e al pages (e.g. *Dẽi as [2021: 57[…]66; 2012:
57[…]64), we ewol [2021: 221[…]226; 2012: 209[…]213]), hema ically cap u ed heonyme,
my honyme, my hological igu es, c ea u es ha play a ole in my hology o in ai y
ales, e c. O pa icula no e a e he .a. In longe a icles, nume ous quo a ions
om Dainas a e ci ed, illus a ing he ac ions o he my hological igu es and hus
gi ing he eade an imp ession o his gen e o ex . The con en o he a icles is
consis en ly eliable and in o ma i e, bu also no en i ely uni o m: o example,
he e ymology o names is discussed in de ail in mos o he a icles, bu in some
cases no hing is men ioned (Bēlis [42]). I he e is no (ce ain) e ymology o a e m o
name, i is also wo h men ioning ha i can be seen di ec ly whe e he e is s ill a
need o esea ch. O e all, i can be said ha a undamen al wo k has been
p esen ed he e in a language mo e accessible o mos eade s ( han Czech o
Li huanian) which will also se e as a e e ence wo k and a s a ing poin o
u he esea ch, especially on he basis o he collec ed and e alua ed seconda y
li e a u e and p ima y ex s, o he nex ew yea s. Pe haps i also con ibu es
o he ac ha esea ch on Bal ic my hology also akes place ou side he
To e i e he Bal ics.
LITERATUR
ALEW – Al li auisches e ymologisches Wö e buch, Bd. 1 (A–M), Bd. 2 (N–Ž), un e de
Lei ung on W. Hock und de Mi a bei on E. J. Buke ičiū ė, Ch. Schille , bea b. on
R. Fech , A. H. Feulne , E. Hill D. S. Wod ko, Bd. 3 (Ve zeichnisse und Indices), un e
de Lei ung on W. Hock und de Mi a bei iele ande e bea b. on R. Fech , Se .
S udien zu his o isch- e gleichenden Sp achwissenscha 7, Hambu g: Baa 2015.
Bě ’áko á Ma a E a, Blažek Václa 2012: Encyklopedie bal ské my ologie, P aha:
Naklada els í Lib i.
ESJS – Ha lo á E a e al. E ymologický slo ník jazyka s a oslo ěnského, Fasz. 1–14,
P aha: Academia 1989–2008; Fasz. 15–21, B no: T ibun EU 2010–2022.
Li hED – Smoczyński Wojciech 2018: Li huanian E ymological Dic iona y, 6 Bd.e,
ed. by A. Hol oe , S. Young wi h he assis ance o W. B owne, Be lin, Be n, B uxelles,
New Yo k, Ox o d, Wa szawa, Wien: Pe e Lang.
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LEV – Ka ulis Kons an īns 1992: La iešu e imoloģijas ā dnīca, 2 Bd.e, Rīga: A o s.
[²2001: Nachd uck in einem Band mi du chlau ende Paginie ung]
Li EW – F aenkel E ns 1962–1965: Li auisches e ymologisches Wö e buch, 2 Bd.e,
(Indoge manische Biblio hek: 2. Reihe Wö e büche ), Heidelbe g: Ca l Win e
Uni e si ä s e lag, Vandhoeck & Rup ech .
Mažiulis Vy au as 1988–1997: P ūsų kalbos e imologijos žodynas, 4 Bd.e, Vilnius:
Mokslas.
Mažiulis Vy au as 2013: P ūsų kalbos e imologijos žodynas, 2-as pa ais. i papild.
leidimas, Vilnius: Mokslo i enciklopedijų leidybos cen as. Zugang: h p:// www.
p usis ika. l . u.l (ohne die Paginie ung de D uckausgabe).
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Sächsische Akademie de Wissenscha en zu Leipzig
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