The folk etymologies of place names in a parish Radziłów (district of Kolno)

The article presents the fourteen folk etymologies of a toponym Radziłów (the name of a village in the present district of Kolno in Podlaskie province) and also nine names of other villages situated in a parish Radziłów: Brychy, Glinki, Janowo, Konopki, Kramarzewo, Łoje, Rydzewo, Pieniążek and Wiązownica. The author juxtaposes all the folk etymologies of these names and compares them structurally and semantically with their scientific etymologies.rogoewa@wp.plUniwersytet Gdański1412714