The alcohol trade in old and middle Polish lexicology

In the herein article over thirty lexical units are maintained and analysed depicting the place where the alcohol was sold or the person selling that ‛thing’. The written material was gathered from all available lexicographical sources registering the old vocabulary — to the end of the 18th century. Stemming from the etymology, the authoress investigated the meanings of particular word-forms, which she put into the table-chart at the end. The diagram illustrates quantity and quality changes which happened in analyzed lexical field. It was documented and stated that the character of these changes was influenced by the ongoing linguistic theory and vogue. The longest in practice are the oldest names in unchanged state which are reaching with its own roots the pre-Slavic culture.Publikacja finansowana przez Katedrę Współczesnego Języka Polskiego, Katedrę Historii Języka Polskiego oraz Dziekana Wydziału Filologicznego Uniwersytetu Łódzkieg