István Kniezsa Explained

István Kniezsa
Birth Date:1 December 1898
Birth Place:Trsztena, Kingdom of Hungary, (now Trstená, Slovakia)
Death Place:Budapest
Nationality:Hungarian
Citizenship:Hungarian
Alma Mater:Royal Hungarian Pázmány Péter University (1923–1928)
Children:Veronika Kniezsa
Awards:Kossuth Prize (1953)

István Kniezsa (1 December 1898, Trsztena, Austria-Hungary, now Trstená, Slovakia – 15 March 1965, Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian linguist and Slavist, corresponding (1939) and regular (1947) member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He was one of the most significant figures in Hungarian language historical research in the 20th century, achieving significant scientific results in the study of place and personal names in the Carpathian Basin, in researching the medieval state and writing practice of the Hungarian language, as well as in the exploration of foreign words of Slavic origin. His major contribution was to the research of Slavic loanwords in the Hungarian language and toponymy. He was awarded by Kossuth Prize in 1953.

Works

According to an investigation based on place-names in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary made by István Kniezsa, 511 settlements of Transylvania and Banat appear in documents at the end of the 13th century: 428 (83.8%) had names of Hungarian origin, and 3 (0.6%) had names of Romanian origin. Until 1400, total 1757 Transylvanian settlements are mentioned in documents which are still existing today: 1355 (77.1%) had names of Hungarian origin, and 76 (4.3%) had names of Romanian origin. (The other place names are of Slavic or German origin.)[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Du Nay, André . One Land - Two Nations - Transylvania and the Theory of Daco-Roman-Rumanian Continuity - On the 2050th Anniversary of a Myth . Committee of Transylvania, Inc. (Carpathian Observer Volume 8, Number 1) . 1980 . L. Lőte . Louis . Rochester, New York, USA. . Origins of the Rumanian Nation and Language - The Appearance of the Theory of Continuity - The historical background . Borsody . Stephen . Dreisziger . Nandor . Makkai . Adam . Schöpflin . George . http://www.magtudin.org/ONE_LAND_TWO_NATIONS.pdf.
  2. Book: Kristó, Gyula . Acta Historica . University of Szeged, Magyar Medievisztikai Kutatócsoport (Hungarian Medieval Research Group) . 1986 . Szeged . Hungarian . Az 1332-1337. évi pápai tizedjegyzék és az erdélyi románság létszáma . The list of papal tithes from 1332–1337 and the number of Romanians in Transylvania . 0324-6965 . https://ojs.bibl.u-szeged.hu/index.php/acthist/article/view/10195/10087.