Open AccessGerman surnames in the south-bohemian borderland and their word-formation aspects
Author(s) -
Alena Jaklová
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
informatologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.139
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1848-7793
pISSN - 1330-0067
DOI - 10.32914/i.53.1-2.1
Subject(s) - german , czech , diminutive , word formation , linguistics , history , word (group theory) , geography , archaeology , philosophy
This paper deals with the German surnames used by the inhabitants of theSouth- Bohemian border region and with their specific features. The first of these is the higher frequency of such surnames in the region (over 18 % in South Bohemia compared to the national average of about 13%), the second aspect is their word-formation. In the process of integration of German surnames into the Czech language, the ending most commonly employed in South Bohemia turned out to be -a, followed by other productive suffixes, such as the diminutive suffixes -ek, -ík/-ik,-ka and -ko. The most productive suffixes employed at the national level were -ek, -ík (with variants) and -ák.