Slovene "štepselj" and "štofeljc"
Both Sn štepselj -na m 'a small, plump person' and Sn štofeljc -a m 1. 'something (e.g., a bung or cork) used to plug an opening' 2. expr 'a small person' are recent German loanwords, based on two etymologically connected words with different suffixes: Bav. Stepsl -s m 1. 'something (e.g., a bung or cork) used to plug an opening' 2. expr 'a small, plump person' and Bav Stoppel -s m 'idem' respectively. They are accompanied by a group of loaned verbs, which influence their phonetic features. There are similar loans in some other Slavic languages and in Hungarian, like Slovene all neighbors of Bavarian Austrian, which proves to be their direct source.
Authors
- Helena Jazbec
Institutions
- Karst Research Institute (SI)
- Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
Publication Details
- Journal
- Slovene Linguistic Studies
- Published
- 2025-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3986/sls.5.1.02
- Primary Topic
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00