Chronologically marked Bohemisms in the modern Polish language

Abstract

The primary aim of the article is to characterize chronologically marked Bohemisms, which are the heritage of the historical and cultural ties that were once strong between Poland and Czechia. The attention will focus on direct borrowings, such as drab, kapalin, kusza, przyłbica, rusznica, and words whose adoption was mediated by the Czech language, such as baszta, herb, kacerz, koncerz, pop, puklerz, which are noted in „The Universal Dictionary of Polish” edited by S. Dubisz and „The Polish Academy of Sciences Great Dictionary of Polish” edited by P. Żmigrodzki. The presented dictionary material proved the richness of historical linguistic forms, which translates into a number of words of Czech origin in genuine use in living speech. All the discussed lexemes are an interesting linguistic document of life in distant eras. The past realities recorded in them reflect the essence of the Polish-Czech linguistic contacts.