Wyznaczniki śląskości dawnych i współczesnych nazwisk mieszkańców Górnego Śląska

Abstract

The article concerns Silesian anthroponomy. Using examples from two 19th century church registers indices from Upper Silesia, the author demonstrates which features of Silesian dialect are reflected in the surnames. Some phonetic features of the analysed names are discussed in the article, as well as the appearance of the suffixes -ok, -us, -el. Examples of names that bear traces of lexical archaisms and Silesian dialect are also discussed. In order to select the Silesian surnames the author uses data gathered in the Dictionary of surnames used in Poland in the beginning of the 21st century by K. Rymut.