No. XXXIV (2003)
Articles

Some Traces of Interlinguistic Contacts in the Central Balkan Mountains

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  • Aleksandar Loma
Aleksandar Loma
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, Classics Department
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0334097L

Published 01.12.2003

Keywords

  • interlinguistic contact,
  • central Balkan mountains,
  • plant name etymology,
  • Pinus leucodermis,
  • Pinus peuce,
  • Picea omorika
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How to Cite

Loma, A. (2003). Some Traces of Interlinguistic Contacts in the Central Balkan Mountains. Balcanica - Annual of the Institute for Balkan Studies, (XXXIV), 97–103. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0334097L

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Abstract

The etymology of three Balcan tree names, S.‑Cr. munika ‘Pinus leucodermis’, molika ‘Pinus peuce’ and omorika ‘Picea omorika’ is discussed. The latter is supposed to go back, together with Bulg. morika ‘spruce’, to Slavic *mъxorъ ‘fringe’ describing here the hanging branches of spruce. The Bosnian pine munika, munjika growing in high and rocky places exposed to the thunder, the relation to S.‑Cr. munja from Common Slavic *mъlnja seems probable, and molika may be explained as a re‑borrowing from Alb. molikë traceable to the same Slavic prototype *mъlnika.
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