@article{d0ab29c6-1879-4033-b5ca-f6c8c7e02d1f, author = {Vít Boček}, title = {<p> THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE SLAVONIC NAME FOR ERMINE (<em>MUSTELA ERMINEA</em>) II: A NEW PROPOSAL</p>}, journal = {Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis}, volume = {2018}, year = {2018}, doi = {10.4467/20834624SL.18.015.8851}, issn = {1897-1059}, pages = {171-176},keywords = {Slavonic etymology; ermine; *gornostajь/*gornostalь}, abstract = {<p style="text-align: justify;"> The author discusses possible motivations for naming the ermine in Slavonic, adopts and further elaborates on the etymology of Common Slavonic *<em>gornostaj</em><em>ь</em>/*<em>gornostal</em><em>ь</em>given by Černych (< Indo-European *<em>g</em>h<em>er- </em>‘warm, hot; get warm’), which eventually leads to a new, alternative solution based on the connection with the Indo-European root *<em></em><em>erH- </em>‘blacken, get/be black’.</p>}, url = {https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-linguistica-uic/artykul/the-etymology-of-the-slavonic-name-for-ermine-mustela-erminea-ii-a-new-proposal} }