207 e iews by Recenzijos
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Ma in-Lu he -uni e si ä halle-Wi enbe g
sächsische akademie de Wissenscha en zu Leipzig
Mainze akademie de Wissenscha en und de Li e a u
Scien i ic esea ch a eas: Indoge mans, onomas ics (local
and wa e names), al i anis ics (syn ax).
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no su e wha you' e alking abou .
This is a monog aph.
Vilnius: Li huanian cul u al esea ch ins i u es, 2012, 624 s.
978-9955-868-50-7 is he same as
The p esen monog aph ( ha and why he book is e e ed o as he "Wo d Book" o
O alynas emains ac ually unclea , especially since i bea s he designa ion "mokslo
monog a ija" in he sub i le) o e s he eade an imp essi e compila ion o he
au ho 's knowledge o exce p s om he my hology o he Bal s. The aim o he
au ho is o explo e he Bal ic my hologies e ymologically. My hologems, a e m no
ye widely used, e e s o wo ds o Roland's k egzdy ha ha e a sac ed
conno a ion. and as he p ac ical signi icance o his wo k he sees he
econs uc ion o he Bal ic a chimy hological mo i s and concep s (s. 14, 507). As a
basis o he in es iga ions o his i s olume, which will su ely ha e o be
ollowed by mo e han one mo e, some hing like a comple e in es iga ion o he
ma e ial should be ensu ed, he ac ual in o ma ion on his subjec (especially he
name ma e ial in he b oade sense) o e ed by he peace ea y o Ch is bu g
be ween he Ge man o de and P ussian ibes o 2.2.1249. This one. Onomas ic
ma e ial as well as he my hological no ions o he Wes Bal ic ibes e lec ed in i
a e placed in a la ge con ex wi hin he Bal ic, bu also co ela ed wi h da a ound,
o example, in aci us 'Ge mania, in o osius 'His o iae ad e sum paganos o in la e
sou ces such as he Ch onicon e ae P ussiae Pe e on du (i) sbu gs o e en la e
wo ks such as hose o g unaus. and hese esul s will be p esen ed in a
comp ehensi e and de ailed manne , in pa icula : wi h co esponding
208 ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXX compa e appea ances among he Ge mans, he
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I alians and o he peoples (especially among he G eeks and he Indians). The aim is also
o ee he iew o he condi ions in he (Wes e n) Bal ics om he pa ly
condescending pe spec i e ha , in he au ho 's opinion, s ill esona es in he
conside a ion o hese phenomena. He succeeds in e e y case. He clea ly shows ha in
all appea ances o my hology i is ul ima ely Indoge manic he i age, which can also be
p o en in Ge mans, I alians, e c. The book is di ided in o ou chap e s acco ding o he
Li huanian (s. 9 .) and English p e ace (s. 11 .) and he in oduc ion (s. 1349), which is
de o ed o he subjec o he esea ch and he me hods o be used o in es iga e i ,
as well as he cla i ica ion o a ious e ms. Chap e I b ings a acsimile o he T ea y
o Ch is bu g o 1249, a ansc ip ion o he La in ex and a Li huanian ansla ion (s.
50 […] 72). Chap e II is de o ed o he explana ion o he heonym Cu che (see 73[…]155).
Chap e iii deals wi h he hie onyms Tulissones and Ligaschones (see 156[…]229). and
chap e IV is he e lec ion o he sun. Moon cul s in olk my hology among Bal s, Sla s
and o he Indo-Ge manic peoples (see 230[…]500). Wha all hese chap e s ha e in common
is ha he heme men ioned in he i le is ac ually jus he hange o much mo e
in ense in es iga ions. The book is concluded wi h a Li huanian (s. 500 […] 505) and an
English summa y (s. 506 […] 526), as well as se e al indexes and indexes (s. 527 […] 623), o
which he Li e a y Di ec o y (s. 527 […] 579) is imp essed by he abundance o e ed and
makes i clea how ex ensi ely he au ho has in o med himsel o his book. A he
same ime, howe e , i is also clea om his bibliog aphy ha he au ho ob iously did
no ha e o was no ully awa e o he necessa y li e a u e o all a eas. Gi en he
b ead h o he s udy, howe e , i is no su p ising ha i is di icul o achie e
comple eness: i is, a e all, he his o ical-compa a i e linguis ics o he Bal ic, Sla ic
and o he Indo-Ge manic languages, my hology, olklo e, his o y, e c. The lack o
ecen li e a u e as well as a ce ain un amilia i y wi h he cus oms o science in he
ield o Indian and I anian is pa icula ly e iden . Thomas Obe lies' wo k on he Vedic is
missing as well as ha o Jean Kellens and É ic Pi a on he A es an in i s en i e y,
while Ma in L. Wes men ions only one i le. unusual is he ci a ion o keWa as […]eWa
i[…]iii[…] and eWa as […]eWa ia[…]iiia[…] (s. 529 and passim). The g ea es s eng h o he
book ce ainly lies in he analysis o he my hological con ex s ound. These a e
illus a ed in nume ous a he compac diag ams, which some imes equi e he eade
o make some analy ical e o in hei compac ness. In he a ious passages de o ed
o e ymology in he na owe sense, he me iculousness wi h which K egzdy lis s and
discusses K egzdy's olde p oposals is pa icula ly no ewo hy: his elabo a ion o
he espec i e his o y o science is exempla y. The same applies o he e alua ion o
li e a u e on my hology and olklo e (especially Bal ic and Sla ic). O cou se, his
handling o he me hods o e ymology in gene al is somewha p oblema ic: since he
wo ds o be examined a e hose om he sphe e o he sac ed in he b oad sense, in
which o en also aboo dis o ions o wo d ma e ial can be obse ed, K egzdy
assumes ha , o example, me a heses (o phonemes as o whole syllables), (i egula )
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Bal ų mi ologemų e imologijos žodynas i: K is bu go su a is
Recenzijos 209 e iews en subjec a ea a la ge pa o he newe Ge man, English
and F ench-language li e a u e. This does no necessa ily mean ha o he
conclusions would ha e been d awn om hei ecep ion, bu in iew o he o e
1500 i les leading up o he o he wise e y de ailed lis , he e is one d awback.
I should also be no ed ha in he ansc ip ion o he Old Indian, k egždys is s ill
used he unusual sign <ç> ins ead o he one used oday.
[…] is se ed.
syncopa ion u. In p inciple and om he ou se , hey should be included in he analysis.
On he con a y, i should be he case ha such p ocesses o sound change, which
ha e no been co e ed by he gene ally common accep ance o laws o sound and hei
non-excep ionali y since he ime o he young g amma ians in Indo-Ge manic s udies,
should only be he e y las means o de eloping e ymologies. Because o he wise you go
back o he ea ly days o his science in he 19 h cen u y, when ( om oday's
pe spec i e) almos any hing was possible.
Consequen ly, an e ymology ha p oduces a meaning ul esul wi hou such
addi ional assump ions is p e e able. Bu he in e sec ion o my hology, olklo e
and e ymology seems o me o be a e y dange ous e ain he e anyway, whe e you
can also easily be subjec ed o ci cle locks: he e i can qui e come o he poin ha
an elemen o a need o.ä. This leads o he use o a ela ed di ine name o.ä. I is
e ymologized in a ce ain way, om which i is inally concluded ha a
co esponding cus om is de i ed om he name o he god, e c.
210 ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXX in his book applies o he Ligaschones, o example,
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which a e on a p euss. *galiśōnīs […]p ies o he dead[…] is e u ned (see 221 ., 503, 523).
O cou se, his is only possible i one assumes an unmo i a ed me a hesis o he i s
membe and a he same ime a seman ic shi o he same, which is o he wise no
angible: ap euss. I'll see you la e . I don' know. *galis, -as means he same as li . gãlas, le .
Fi s ly, as "end, edge" and only seconda ily as "dea h", bu ne e as "dead". The e a e
ce ain limi s o plausibili y he e. The same is ul ima ely ue o Tulissones […] d/ ulinōsīs
[…] lo d o he souls[…] (s. 218 ., 503, 523). Ano he example is he e ymology o he
heonym Cu che (see also PkeŽ2 491493). This is called a cu cumin. Ku kisis is in e p e ed
as he god o he ho ned cal and is e u ned o U bal (Ku - a-ka- he one o whom he
ho ned cal belongs) (see 108 ., 502, 522). he s em o m *ku - is used as a dialec al o m,
he gg . by a kind o eg essi e assimila ion o wha was ac ually o be expec ed. The
middle ase is gone. The ollowing should be no ed: o he decline o he middle *- ab ing
k egždys he e a e no eal pa allels, since all his examples show he decline in a di e en
sound en i onmen han he one p esen ed he e. o assume ha *ku - - (ap euß. cu wis
[…]ochse[…]; see also PkeŽ2 497[…]499) is a (seconda y) dialec al o exp essi e o m is no
manda o y, i can be jus like kym . Ca w […]hi sch[…] on he u idg. * […] […]h2-u[…]o[…]
ho ned, wi h ho ns p o ided[…] o be e u ned (Nussbaum 1986, 8). Now he o.a. I he
syncope o he middle syllable canno be de ini i ely demons a ed, i would ul ima ely
also be an u idg o ma ion. I 's called u bal . *ku ka- […]ho ned, wi h ho ns p o ided[…]
concei able as he basis o he heonym. These wo examples may su ice. Fu he mo e
(especially on indi idual e ymologies) could be no ed in such a comp ehensi e book as he
p esen one, bu i would no change he basic assessmen : k egždys has succeeded in a
eally ho ough and undamen al o e iew o he ma e . I was imp essed by he weal h
o da a p o ided om a wide a ie y o ields o knowledge, and olde p esen a ions on
he subjec we e ex ensi ely e alua ed. he p esen a ion is comp ehensible and well
s uc u ed. In he case o K egzdy's e ymological explana ions, su ely no e e yone
(Indo-Ge manis ) will wan o ollow him in all poin s, which is due o he p emise o he
excep ionalism o he sound laws, which is se aside om he ou se o a ce ain ex en .
In iew o he o e all pe o mance p esen ed o he wise, his does no weigh as much,
unless i leads o a ci cula lock somewhe e in he o.g. should ha e a isen. I would like o
wish he au ho e e y success in his u he wo k on his mammo h p ojec , he eade
he speedy comple ion o he same […] and pe haps also a sho p esen a ion o his
esea ch-wo hy complex, which ac ually bea s he cha ac e o a dic iona y.
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Bal ų mi ologemų e imologijos žodynas i: K is bu go su a is
211 e iews o e iews by
This is May ho e Man ed. E ymological dic iona y o he Old Indo-A yan language. 3
bde. Wha is i ? Heidelbe g: Win e , 1992 and 2001.
This is May ho e Man ed. A sho e ymological dic iona y o he Old Indian language.
3 bde. Wha is i ? Heidelbe g: Win e , 1956-1976. He was bo n in Heidelbe g, Ge many.
Nussbaum, Alan Je eys, Head and Ho n in Indo-Eu opean (1986). (In es iga ions in o
Indo-Ge manic language and cul u al s udies 2) Be lin […] New Yo k: by G uy e . PkeŽ2 […]
Mažiulis Vy au as. He is a membe o he Eu opean Pa liamen . The e ymology o he
P ussian language. I 's called an asis pa aisy as and i 's called papildy as leidimas. Vilnius: Mokslo and encyclopedic cen e s o su e ing, 2013.
I is also known as he "Golden T iangle" o he "Golden T iangle" o he "Golden T iangle" o he "Golden T iangle".
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