tojeść
Old Polish
editEtymology
editPer 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
editNoun
edittojeść 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
editnouns
Descendants
edit- Polish: tojeść
References
edit- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tojeść”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “tojeść”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editNoun
edittojeść f
- loosestrife (any plant of the genus Lysimachia)
Declension
editDeclension of tojeść
References
edit- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tojeść”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
Further reading
edit- tojeść in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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