Nevedecká etymológia v slovenskej ojkonymii

The article discusses the non-scholarly (folk) etymology and its role in the interpretationof some Slovak oikonyms. In Slovakia, the topic of non-scholarly etymologyhas been studied primarily by V. Uhlár who also used the term “farmer etymology”which linked a village name with a surname of a yeoman family. The study containsanalyzed examples of some non-scholarly etymologies that have originated as a resultof a reinterpretation of the original meaning of an oikonym but possibly also due tothe incorrect decomposition of a name. The focus is also on the formation of etymologicallegends that are part of folk literature and as such, they represent an inherentaspect of non-scholarly etymology.