The Name from the Wörter und Sachen Perspective: Mary’s Glass in the Russian and Western European Languages

The paper discusses the Russian deanthroponymic gemstone name Maryino steklo (Maria’s glass) which refers to mica (more often), leafy Gypsum (less often), or fulgurite (in isolated cases) and has a dubious origin. Subject to a historical-lexicological and semantic-motivational analysis, this name ha...

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Main Authors: Elena L. Berezovich, Irina T. Demkina, Dmitry V. Spiridonov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta 2020-07-01
Series:Voprosy Onomastiki
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Online Access:http://onomastics.ru/en/content/2020-volume-17-issue-2-5