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The subject of the paper are derivatives of the name Kraków in toponymy and anthroponymy of Polish and some other languages. They form numerous, varied names (local, regional, ethnic, personal). However, they do not contribute much to the explanation of the name of the city, which, in all likelihood, is derived from the name Krak, supposedly a founder. Attention should also be paid to parallel names...
This article is a contribution to the study of historical settlement of the central part of Podlasie region in the vicinity of Brańsk. On the basis of available archival sources, the author reconstructed the history of the Abramiki mill village and also established that the local family of millers was a branch of the Szpak boyar clan. The subject of the study was also the problem of origin of the...
Onomastics was always present in the works of the Institute of Polish Language Polish Academy of Sciences. Exploring of the proper names came to fruition in the form of many lexicographical and monographical publications. They showed the methodologies suitable to linguistics but also typical for analysis of the proper names. The onomastic explorations in future have to combine gathering and interpreting...
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