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Contents

PREFACE
1. CHARTERS AS SOURCES OF NAME-HISTORY
Hoffmann, István: On the Linguistic Background of Toponymic Remnants in Charters
Szőke, Melinda: The Relationship Between the Latin Text and Toponymic Remnants
Kenyhercz, Róbert: The Philological Aspects of Transcription Practices in Medieval Charters
Bába, Barbara: A Special Field for the Use of Geographical Common Words: Medieval Charter Writing Practices
Szőke, Melinda: On the Founding Charter of the Abbey of Bakonybél Dated 1037
Pelczéder, Katalin: The Philological Source Value of the Census of the Abbey of Bakonybél
Kovács, Éva: On the Text Integration Procedures of the Toponymic Elements in the Founding Charter of the Abbey of Százd
Szőke, Melinda: On the Philological Source Value of the Founding Charter of the Abbey of Garamszentbenedek
Kovács, Éva: A Linguistic Study of the Census of the Abbey of Tihany (1211)
Kovács, Éva: Philological Issues in the Census of the Abbey of Tihany (1211)
Reszegi, Katalin: On the Question of the Length of Old Oronyms
Slíz, Mariann: Bynames and the Practice of Charter Writing

2. TOPONYMIC STUDIES IN CHARTERS
Hoffmann, István: The Toponymic Remnants in the Founding Charter of the Abbey of Tihany from an Onomatosystematical Perspective
Kovács, Éva: The Toponymic Remnants in the 800-Hundred-Year Old Census of the Abbey of Tihany from an Onomatosystematical Perspective
Holler, László: Identifying the Location of the mortis Real Estate in the Founding Charter of the Abbey of Tihany (1055)
Holler, László: Identifying the Location of Two Real Estates in the Founding Charter of the Abbey of Tihany (1055)
Kovács, Éva: The Description of Gamás Estate in the Census of the Abbey of Tihany (1211)
Szőke, Melinda: The Description of Talmach Estate in the Charter of Garamszentbenedek
Holler, László: Anonymus and "The City of Cleopatra?"
Bíró, Ferenc: Toponyms in 13th Century Charters from the Heves County Archives

3. ONOMASTICS AND HISTORY
Rácz, Anita: Historical Demography and Toponomastics
Hoffmann, István-Tóth, Valéria: Viewpoints on the 11th-Century Linguistic and Ethnic Reconstruction
Rácz, Anita: The Change and Interpretation of Ethnicities and Ethnonyms
Póczos, Rita: The Linguistic and Ethnic Relation of the Inhabitants of Borsod Comitat in the Árpád Era
Póczos, Rita: Reflections of Ethnic Relations in Toponymic Models
Rácz, Anita: Names of Turkish Ethnicities in Old Hungarian Proper Names
Bölcskei, Andrea: Place Names Derived from Tribal Names and Ethnonyms in the British Isles
Slíz, Mariann: Name History, Geneology and Micro-History
Botár, István: Questions Regarding the Settlement History of Csík in the Árpád Age in Light of Toponyms and Archaeological Data
K. Németh, András: Regenkes alias Koppankes
Bölcskei, Andrea: On the Collection and Analysis Criteria of Historical Place Names with References to Ecclesiastical Possession
Bölcskei, Andrea: Types of Medieval English Place Names Reflecting the Status of the Church as Possessor
Bölcskei, Andrea: Toponymic Traces of Celtic Religiosity in the British Isles

4. ISSUES OF TOPONYMIC TYPOLOGY
Kovács, Éva: An Examination of the Characteristics of the Toponym Systems in Charters Dating Back to the Age of the Árpád Dynasty
Rácz, Anita: Historical Typological Characteristics of Settlement Names Originating from Ethnonyms and Names of Tribes
Rácz, Anita: Linguistic Questions Regarding Toponyms Originating from Names of Tribes
Tóth, Valéria: On the Changes of Patrociny Settlement Names
Hoffmann, István: Szentmárton in Hungarian Toponyms
Reszegi, Katalin: Meaning Split as a Mode of Place Name Formation
Bába, Barbara: The Name-Forming Role of Geographical Common Words in Old Hungarian
Reszegi, Katalin: Meaning Extension of Place Names
Bölcskei, Andrea: On the Diachronic Analysis of Spontaneous Settlement Name Correlations
Csomortáni, Magdolna: Remarks on the Changes Occurring in the Lexical-Morphological Structure of the Toponyms of Csík County
Csomortáni, Magdolna: Folk Etymological Changes in the Microtoponym Systems of Csík County
Hegedűs, Attila: Event Names in Old and Middle Hungarian Microtoponyms
Ditrói, Eszter: A Model-Based Study of Toponym Systems
Tóth, Valéria: Archaisms and Neologisms in Hungarian Place Names

5. TOPOFORMANTS
Bába, Barbara: The Definition of Geographical Common Word
Reszegi, Katalin: Bérc, hegy and halom in Old Hungarian Toponyms
Kovács, Helga: Castle Names Ending in Lexeme kő
Hoffmann, István: Tracing a Forgotten Geographical Common Word
Győrffy, Erzsébet: The Geographical Common Words ér, sár, and víz in Hungarian River Names in the Period of the Árpád Dynasty
Tóth, Valéria: The -falva > -fa Transformation in the Hungarian Settlement Names
Bába, Barbara: The Topoforming Role of Tree Names in Early Old Hungarian
Bényei, Ágnes: Old Hungarian Topoformants and Their Allomorphs
Bényei, Ágnes: Once More about the -d Topoformant
Tóth, Valéria: On the Onomastic Role of the Possessive Suffix -é

6. PERSONAL NAMES AND PLACE NAMES
Tóth, Valéria: Theoretical Issues in Personal Name-Giving and Personal Name-Usage
Mozga, Evelin: On the Analysis of the Anthroponyms in the Census of the Abbey of Tihany (1211)
Slíz, Mariann: Interrelationships of Patrociny Place Names and the Frequency of Personal Names
Mozga, Evelin: Aspects to the Study of Old Hungarian Anthroponyms with -s/-cs Formants
Gulyás, László Szabolcs: Serf Migration and Personal Name-Giving in Bács and Bodrog Counties in Early 16th Century
Slíz, Mariann: The Role of Toponymic Data in Examining Personal Names in the Anjou Period
Tóth, Valéria: Reflections on Personal Names of Toponymic Origin

7. REGIONAL DIVERSITY OF PLACE NAMES
Ditrói, Eszter: Regional Differentiation of Toponym Systems
Győrffy, Erzsébet: Features of the Lexical Structure of Hydronyms in the Age of the Árpád Dynasty in the River System of the River Sajó
Kiss, Magdaléna: A Functional-Semantic Analysis of the Hungarian Hydronyms Connected to the Rivers Körös
Kiss, Magdaléna: Lexical-Morphological Analysis of Hydronyms Connected to the Rivers Körös
Kocán, Béla: Hydronyms and Their Changes in Ugocsa Comitat in Old and Middle Hungarian Periods
Győrffy, Erzsébet: Chronological and Regional Stability of Hydronyms
Bátori, István: Onomatosystematical Analysis of Old Settlement Names in Transylvania
Kocán, Béla: Onomatosystematical Connections among Toponyms of Ugocsa Comitat in Middle Hungarian Age
Csomortáni, Magdolna: The Regional Characteristics of the Toponym System of Terrain Configurations in Csík County
Bába, Barbara: The Distribution of the Naming System of Geographical Common Words in Hungarian Dialects in Romania
Teodóra Tóth: Dercen: An Onomatosystematical Study of a Dialect Island
Ditrói, Eszter: A Morphological Approach to the Present-Day Toponyms of Vas County

8. LINGUISTIC CONTACT AND PLACE NAMES
Zoltán, András: Slavic-Hungarian Language Contacts during the 11th Century
Kocán, Béla: Early Old Hungarian Toponyms of Slavic Origin in Ugocsa Comitat
Póczos, Rita: The Linguistic Strata of the River System of Rivers Garam and Ipoly
Reszegi Katalin: A Comparative Study of the Medieval Name Corpora of Two Mountain Ranges
Kocán, Béla: The Linguistic Strata of the Settlement Names in Ugocsa Comitat in Old and Middle Hungarian Periods
Bölcskei, Andrea: Place-Name Substrata in the British Isles
Slíz, Mariann: Typology of Effects of Contact Regarding Personal Names
Bölcskei, Andrea: Translation, Adaptation, and Place-Name History
Török, Tamás: Toponyms and Translation Studies
Bölcskei, Andrea: The Standardization of Place Names
Ditrói, Eszter: The Effects of Linguistic Contact on Toponym Patterns

9. ETYMOLOGIES OF PLACE NAMES
Póczos, Rita: Remnants in the Founding Charter of the Bishopric of Pécs: Lupa, Kapos
Hoffmann, István: Toponym Remnants in the Founding Charter of the Abbey of Tihany: huluoodi, turku, ursa
Zelliger, Erzsébet: The Toponym Remnant u[gr]in baluuana in the Founding Charter of the Abbey of Tihany
Hoffmann, István: Tolna
Szőke, Melinda: The Historical Linguistic Analysis of the Remnant Huger ~ Hucueru of the Founding Charter of the Abbey of Garamszentbenedek
Béres, Júlia: Contributions to the Etymology of Hortobágy
Kovács, Helga: On the Etymology of Toponyms Örs
Rácz, Anita: Thoughts on the Toponyms Magyarad ~ Magyaród
Farkas, Tamás: On Two Settlement Names from Háromszék: Kilyén, Szotyor and Related Issues
Bába, Barbara: The History and Occurrences of the Lexeme vejsze 'a kind of fishing tool, fishing place' in Early Old Hungarian

10. SOUND HISTORY, HISTORY OF ORTOGRAPHY AND PLACE NAMES
Katona, Csilla: A Typical Tendency in Sound Changes: Vowel Dropping from the Second or Third Open Syllable
Hegedűs, Attila: The jo-/ju- ~ i- Change Reflected in Old Hungarian Toponyms
Mozga, Evelin: The Incidence of the h Grapheme among the Anthroponyms of the Census of the Abbey of Tihany

11. PRESENT-DAY TOPONYMIC STUDIES
Reszegi, Katalin: On the Concept of Name Community
Győrffy, Erzsébet: Research Fields and Tasks of Toponym Sociology
Győrffy, Erzsébet: On the Aspect of Socioonomastics in Connection with Slang Toponyms
Póczos, Rita: Polyonymy in a Contemporary Toponym System
Győrffy, Erzsébet: Polyonymy and River Section Names among Hungarian Hydronyms
Csomortáni, Magdolna: Toponymic Synonymy on the Basis of the Synchronic Microtoponym Systems in Csík County

12. METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF PLACE NAMES
Szőke, Melinda: Toponymic Remnants in Charters Issued at Loca Credibilia and Their Use in Linguistics
Szőke, Melinda: Chronological Layers of the Founding Charter of the Abbey of Garamszentbenedek
Mozga, Evelin: An Analysis of Loan Anthroponyms in the Census of the Abbey of Tihany
Bába, Barbara: Possibilities and Methods of Examining Geographical Common Words from a Semantic Geographical Aspect
Ditrói, Eszter: A Possible Method for the Explanation of Regional Differences between Toponyms
Ditrói, Eszter: Possible Usage of Statistical Methods in Onomastics
Tóth, Valéria: Hungarian Digital Toponym Registry: Results of a Research Programme

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Preface

Onomastic research has had long traditions at the Institute of Hungarian Linguistics of the University of Debrecen. After various sporadic attempts in the middle of the 20th century, it was Professor Béla Kálmán who brought onomastics into the center of scholarly attention in his works published in the 1960s. While in the 1970s and 1980s, the onomasticians in Debrecen mostly focused their scholarly endeavors on the collection and analysis of toponyms, from the 1990s and especially after 2000 historical toponomastics has become the key area of research.

Such a historical orientation is also well exemplified by the fact that in 2004 the Department of Hungarian Linguistics of the University of Debrecen launched an onomastics journal titled Helynévtörténeti Tanulmányok [Studies in Historical Toponomastics]. The journal first served as a scholarly outlet for the publications of onomasticians in Debrecen but it soon expanded its reach and has become one of the most important forums of Hungarian onomastic research in general and the most significant one in terms of historical toponomastics. The scholarly basis of the journal published once, sometimes twice a year was first provided by onomasticians in Debrecen. Later, besides this initiative a new type of forum also emerged for representatives of the discipline. The Seminar in Historical Toponomastics has been organized every spring since 2006 and it has developed into an informal workshop facilitating the exchange of ideas and serving two main purposes simultaneously. On the one hand, it provides an opportunity for researchers working in different fields related to historical toponomastics to discuss scholarly issues. On the other hand, young scholars of the field can also benefit from this event. The majority of the papers presented at the historical toponomastics seminar are published in the journal, of course, besides other studies submitted to the editorial board.

Helynévtörténeti Tanulmányok is a peer-reviewed, Hungarian-language journal. In this volume we present the short English synopses of the papers published in the past 12 issues, arranged into thematic clusters. The main aim of this volume is to provide international onomasticians with insights into the key trends, areas, methods, and findings of Hungarian historical toponomastics. The book includes the summaries arranged within twelve different thematic clusters.

In the last decade such a research area has come to the focus in Hungarian historical toponomastics that used to bring promising results before but which was slowly pushed into the background: this involves the study of Latin-language charters as onomastic sources (being indispensable especially regarding the earliest times) and the Hungarian toponyms included in them. It is also a closely related issue in historical toponomastics how onomastics may facilitate historical research in general. Names are also significant sources in the course of research in language history in general: mostly those researchers rely on these who focus on the history of phonology and orthography, thus it is not surprising that the source value of the toponymic data of charters has come up repeatedly in more recent works also.

The need for the typological description of toponyms and the introduction of particular toponym types has been present in Hungarian onomastics for a long time. The correlations between the two most important proper name categories in this respect, personal names and toponyms, have been in the focus of the attention of anthroponymists and toponymists alike. The structural features of toponyms, the morphological tools used in the formation of names, the so called topoformants have come into the center of scholarly work in recent years. This has a key role also in those studies that are aimed at the exploration of the territorial features of toponyms and the differences appearing in this regard.

Often, there are reasons rooted in the history of ethnic groups behind the territorial differentiation of toponymic systems; this is partly the reason why the effect of linguistic contacts on toponymic systems has a central role in historical toponomastics. Toponym etymology has traditionally been one of the most important areas in Hungarian onomastic research but recently its methodology has gone through major changes. The methods used in toponomastics have been transformed not only in terms of etymological studies but the entire discipline is characterized by innovation in general.

In the study of modern toponyms, the socio-onomastic aspect also plays a major role. Such an approach and methodology represents one of the new trends in Hungarian onomastic research which is already capable of presenting significant results.

The issues of Helynévtörténeti Tanulmányok will continue to be published in Hungarian but longer English synopses will be included after each paper (similarly to those included here). Our goal is to inform representatives of international onomastic research about the latest findings of historical toponomastics in Hungary.

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