Noak helynevek és személynevek
Megjelenés dátuma: 2013
Kulcsszó: helységnév
víznév
oklevél
Noak
Aggtelek
Noé
Gömör megye
középkor
magyar
víznév
oklevél
Noak
Aggtelek
Noé
Gömör megye
középkor
magyar
Abstract:
GYÖRGY DÉNES, Noak place and personal names //
In the 13th–14th-century charters, several settlements or lands called Noah ~ Noach ~ Noak
are listed from distinct parts of Hungary, of which the most frequently mentioned one, Noak in
Gömör county is discussed in the present paper. Analysis of data appearing in charters and localization
of relevant place names taken from inspections of landmarks have proved that this settlement was equivalent to (the territory of) the present-day village of Imola. Noak as a settlement name has its
origin in the biblical personal name Noach, which in the Vulgate is given as Noe. In 11th–12th-
century Hungary, as Christianity was spread mostly by German missionaries, Noah, the original
form of the biblical Hebrew name, still in current use in German and English language areas, had
become established. As a result of regular Hungarian sound changes, this finally survived as Noak.
This form, not recognized by Hungarian priests educated on the basis of the Vulgate, later acquired
an intrusive v and changed into Novák. This happened to be identical with the most frequent Hun-
garian family name of foreign origin, meaning ‘new man’ in the languages of the Slavic ethnic
groups then living in the territory of Hungary.