Mysteries of vernacular: Lady - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel

Misterije govornog jezika: Dama - Džesika Orek (Jessica Oreck) i Rejčel Til (Rachael Teel)

Prevodilac: Jelena Jevtić Lektor: Miloš Milosavljević

Mysteries of vernacular:

Misterije govornog jezika:

Lady,

Dama,

woman.

žena.

Lady is tied to a number of words

Dama je povezana sa mnogo reči

that seem at first glance

koje na prvi pogled deluju

etymologically unrelated.

etimološki nepovezane.

She traces her roots back

Svoje korene ima

to the Old English words hlaf,

u staroengleskim rečima: "hlaf"

which referred to a loaf of bread

koja se odnosi na veknu hleba

and is the direct ancestor of our modern word loaf,

i direktan je predak moderne reči "loaf"

and daege,

i "daege",

which meant maid

što je značilo: spremačica

and is the root of our word dairy,

i koren je sadašnje reči "dairy" -

the place where the dairymaid works.

mesto gde rade mlekarke.

Together, hlaf and daege became hlafdige,

Zajedno, "hlaf" i "daege" su postale "hlafdige",

literally loaf maid,

bukvalno: žena koja pravi hleb

or, more figuratively, kneader of bread.

ili osoba koja mesi hleb.

As early as the ninth century,

Već u 9. veku,

hlafdige was the name for a mistress of servants,

"hlafdige" je bio naziv za glavnu spremačicu

or the female head of the household.

ili ženu koja je glava domaćinstva.

The Old English word for a male head of household

Staroengleska reč za muškog starešinu domaćinstva

was hlafweard,

je bila "hlafweard",

a compound of hlaf, loaf,

sastavljena od hlaf, loaf (vekna)

and weard,

i weard,

which meant keeper

što je značilo nadzornik

and is the word of modern words

i to je u stvari koren modernih reči

like ward and warden.

ward i warden (upravnik).

Both hlafweard, the breadwinner,

Zajedno "hlafweard" - hranitelj porodice (hlebom)

and hlafdige, the bread kneader,

i "hlafdige" - osoba koja mesi hleb,

came to be titles of respect,

su postale titule poštovanja

referring to citizens of higher social standing.

prema građanima višeg socijalnog staleža.

Through a process known as syncopation,

Kroz proces poznat kao sinkopacija

both words lost their internal sounds

i jedna i druga reč su izgubile unutrašnje glasove

to become lord and lady, respectively.

da bi postale "lord" i "lady".

Though still an expression of courtesy,

Iako je još uvek izraz učtivosti,

lady has since moved

dama se od tada spustila

down the ladder of social standing

na lestvici društvenog staleža

and is now often used

i sada se često koristi

to mean simply a woman.

da bi, jednostavno, okarakterisala ženu.