TY - JOUR
TI - Notes on the current discussion concerning the (first) name of the first historical ruler of the Piast state
AU - Babik, Zbigniew
TI - Notes on the current discussion concerning the (first) name of the first historical ruler of the Piast state
AB - 
	After presenting the history of the problem, the present author focuses on three main underdiscussed or unsolved issues: (1) can Old Russian and Old Czech spellings sug­gesting a voiced spirant be reasonably explained away as secondary? (2) can a (near-)homonymous and potentially motivating appellative be found in the Polish or Slavic lexical traditions? (3) and why was the prince named in such way? The answer to the first question is negative, while the second one cannot for the moment be answered with certainty and needs further scrutiny. The author concludes that the name was *Mьžьka (as previously supposed by Fenikowski, Bańkowski, Mańczak, Sucharski and Witczak) and originated probably as a protective name aiming at preventing the child from ominous vision problems.
VL - 2020
IS - Volume 137, Issue 1
PY - 2020
SN - 1897-1059
C1 - 2083-4624
SP - 1
EP - 10
DO - 10.4467/20834624SL.20.001.12028
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-linguistica-uic/article/notes-on-the-current-discussion-concerning-the-first-name-of-the-first-historical-ruler-of-the-piast-state
KW - Mieszko
KW - Mьžьka
KW - Piast dynasty
KW - oldest Polish proper names