Sobiesław, Soběslav or Sebeslav (
Proto-Slavic: *Sobęslavь,
Polish: Sobiesław,
Czech: Soběslav,
Slovak: Sebeslav,
Old Church Slavonic
Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic () was the first Slavic languages, Slavic literary language.
Historians credit the 9th-century Byzantine Empire, Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius with Standard language, standardizing the lan ...
: Собѧславь) is a very old
Slavic given name, mostly common among the
West Slavs. Because of
folk etymology
Folk etymology (also known as popular etymology, analogical reformation, reanalysis, morphological reanalysis or etymological reinterpretation) is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more famili ...
, it is popularly supposed to derive from ''sobie'' ("usurp, for me, myself") and ''sław'' ("glory, prestige"); however, it is actually derived from a
Proto-Indo-European name meaning "wise-famous", cognate with
Sophocles (roots
*sap and
*ḱléwos).
[Adams, Douglas Q. ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture.'' Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997, p.390.] The feminine form is Sobiesława/Soběslava/Собѧслава.
People with the name
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Soběslav (d. 1004)
Soběslav (; german: Sobieslau) is a town in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,800 inhabitants. The historical town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
A ...
, a brother of Saint
Adalbert of Prague
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Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia
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Sobieslaw I, Duke of Pomerania Sobieslaw I ( pl, Sobiesław I Gdański, csb, Subisłôw I) (d. 1177/79) or Subislaw I was the first recorded member of the Samborides (''Sobiesławice'') dynasty ruling Pomerelia ('' Gdańsk Pomerania'').
His ancestry has not been conclusively ...
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Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia
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Sobiesław Zasada, a
Polish former
rally driver
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Soběslav Pinkas
Soběslav Pinkas, originally Hippolyt Karel Maria František Pinkas (7 October 1827, Prague - 30 December 1901, Prague) was a Czech genre painter and political caricaturist.
Biography
His father, , was a politician and, later, a leading figure i ...
, a 19th-century Czech painter
See also
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Samborides, a
Pomeranian dynasty
References
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