„Alšėnai“, „Alšėniškis“, „Al(i)šauskas“ ir kiti

143 No es and no es zigMas zinkeViČius ALŠNAI, ALŠNIŠKIS, Al(I)ŠAUSKAS And KITI The name o he se lemen Alšnai has now become uni e sal. om which we ha e he pe sonal name Alšėniškis. The amous Alšėniškių, Alšėnų kingship amily. Howe e , his name is o seconda y o igin. The Li huanians, who had no ye se led in he a ea, spoke o he goddess, Lazūnas, and he i e ha lows h ough he coun y, which ga e he se lemen i s name, is called Galšià. This is he o iginal name o he a ea, eco ded in he oldes his o ical sou ces, e.g. Galle 1385 Wegebe ich e. The name Alšnai is de i ed om he Polish Holszany, and his one o igina ed om he Ge man Galshan, whose oo Galsh- (Halš-) is p onounced gudiškai in Li huanian Galš-, o -ani, lenkų -any […] sla iška (?) su ix. The i e Galšija, which ga e ise o he name o he se lemen , is he igh ibu a y o he Be žūnas. The e is no doub abou he Li huanian o igin o his i e name. i ga e ise, as men ioned, no only o he name o he se lemen , bu also o he pe sonal names de i ed om i . we ha e a numbe o cu en su names, de i ed om he supposedly Go hic name Galšià, as well as om i s a ian sulenkin o, wi hou he ancien Li huanian o eign adjec i e h-, e.g., Alš-áuskas, Alš-è skis, Alš-nskas, Alš-iùkas and Olš-áuskas, Olš-è skis. The e we e also wo-le e pe sonal p onouns, such as Alš-, Aš- angas, bu his is mos likely a de i a i e o Als-1, which may also be a Ku izma, and has no hing o do wi h he name o he se lemen we ca e abou . Pe haps such Alšlypi in he names o he illages Alš-nai Kauno ., Alš-ánka Vilka iškio ., Alš-iniñkai P ienų . Plg. kazimie o buildings o he Rink inių aš ų iii ome, p. 420, 528 men ions he illage o he pa ish o Alš-ynė. and wa e names o unce ain o igin Alš-2. bu all his should no be con used wi h he name o he se lemen unde analysis, Alšnai. In he six een h decade o he las cen u y, Juozas Balčikonis p oposed o use he eal (au hen ic) name o he se lemen unde analysis he e, Galšià, ins ead o he acqui ed Alšnai3. 1 o a kind used in he manu ac u e o semiconduc o de ices Li huanian su names. Vilnius: Ins i u e o he Li huanian Language, 2008, 74. 2 by Alexande Vanag. E ymological dic iona y o Li huanian hyd onyms. Vilnius: Science, 1981, 40 and 41. 3 o a kind used in he manu ac u e o semiconduc o de ices His o y o Li huanian language Vi: Li huanian language in ecen imes. Vilnius: Publishing house o Science and Encyclopedias, 1994, page 225. 144 ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXVI wi hou he su name Alšáuskas, which was gi en zigMas zinkeViČius he o igin o he oo Galš-, we ha e a longe a ian Ališáuskas, wi h he owel i šaknyje, plg. This is Alši Ališ. i can be made acco ding o such binomial pe sonal names as Al-i-mãnas, Alg--man as, Alk-i-mnas, A --man as model. in his case, i would be possible o look a he oo Al-, he ex ended p e ix -is- (plg. Al-šius, Al-šis) + he o eign elemen -auskas. The oo Allie u ių name is e y popula . I has no only he appea ance o wo-syllable pe sonal names, such as A-bu as, A-gedas, A-gi das, A-man as, A- ydas, bu also he diminu i e o he nicknames Alexande o Alozas Als and i s cogna es Al-ái is, Al-iónis, Al-iššis, Al-iš-inas, Al-iš-(kū ičius, Al-iš-ánka) and a ian s in his way he longe name Ališáus can be om he poin o iew o he name o he Li huanian se lemen . so he Kildin ine and he Guda su name Al-ish-e ich, pe haps e en he Polish Al-isz. i is di icul o say whe he hese su names ha e any hing in common wi h he Li huanian su names Gal-šis, Gal-iš-áuskas, Gal-iš-ánskis, Gal-iš-ánka wi h oo s o unce ain o igin Gal-, he eme gence o which could be s imula ed by he su name Galšià (?). I is wo h no ing he a emp o Vy au as Česnaičius, edi o o he Eskizai almanac published in Ukme gė, o call he Alšėniškias amily Galšiškiai, he eby b inging he his o ically dis o ed su name close o he eali y (lie u iško o iginal) and elimina ing he dis o ion o Li huanian an h oponyms caused by he Sla icisa ion and so ening o he coun y. Deli e ed on 9 Ma ch 2012 This Decision shall en e in o o ce on he day ollowing ha o i s publica ion in he O icial Jou nal o he Eu opean Union.