tojeść
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Old Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Per Brückner, a univerbation of to jest (“that is”) as a euphemism, given the plant's name was taboo due to its use in witchcraft. Compare nietota (“northern firmoss”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tojeść f
- white swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum hirundaria)
- Synonym: biała tojeść
- 1900 [1437], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[1], number 2838:
- *Togeyscz vincetoxicum
- [Toje[y]ść vincetoxicum]
Derived terms[edit]
nouns
Descendants[edit]
- Polish: tojeść
References[edit]
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tojeść”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “tojeść”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Polish tojeść. Per Brückner, a univerbation of to jest (“that is”) as a euphemism, given the plant's name was taboo due to its use in witchcraft. Compare nietota (“northern firmoss”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tojeść f
- loosestrife (any plant of the genus Lysimachia)
Declension[edit]
Declension of tojeść
References[edit]
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tojeść”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
Further reading[edit]
- tojeść in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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