A dithematic name is a single-word given name consisting of two compounded lexemes or stems. They are commonly dated from pre-Christian times among Indo-Europeans,Zofia Kaleta, WHAT CAN THE ANCIENT INDO-EUROPEAN COMPOUND NAMES REVEAL ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF OUR ANCESTORS?, FOLIA ONOMASTICA CROATICA 12–13 (2003–2004), pp. 249-257KALETA Z. 1994–95, Human values as reflected in Indo-European compound first names. Onoma 32. Leuven, pp.83–94 in particular, Lithuanians,K. A. GIRVILAS, PRE-CHRISTIAN NAME GIVING IN LITHUANIA, Lituanus,Volume 24, No.3 - Fall 1978Antanas Pakerys, Dvikamienių lietuvių vyrų vardų kirčiavimas: pirmųjų dėmenų tvirtapradė priegaidė [ACCENTUATION OF LITHUANIAN COMPOUND MALE NAMES: THE ACUTE OF THE FIRST COMPONENT], (somewhat different version)Antanas Pakerys, Dvikamienių lietuvių moterų vardų kirčiavimas [Accentuation of Lithuanian dithematic feminine given names] Germanic, and Slavic peoples., , Budowa morfologiczna staropolskich złożonych imion osobowych (The morphological structure of the Old Polish compound names). Wrocław, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1971., SŁOWIAŃSKIE IMIONA DWUCZŁONOWE ZACHOWANE W NAJSTARSZYCH POLSKICH TOPONIMACH (REKONESANS), Onomastica LXI/1, 2017, pp. 255-264,
Single-lexeme names or monothematic names are names based on a single lexeme/stem.
Polish linguist Zofia Kaleta asserts that many Old Germanic and Old Slavic dithematic given names reflected wishes for newborns.
Since dithematic names are often long, they became truncated, first as diminutives, which had later become regular given names of their own.Maria Malec, Staropolskie skrócone nazwy osobowe od imion dwuczłonowych, 1982 (in digital library Czech examples: Rostislav – Rost; Svatopluk – Pluk; Radomír – Radim; Sbyslav – Sbych; Sdeslav – Sdeš, Sdenĕk (Zdeněk); Dobromil – Došek; Přemysl – Přek; Budihost – Buň.Jména a tradice v českých a německy mluvících zemích
See also Glossary of pre-Christian Lithuanian names Germanic dithematic name Slavic dithematic name
References
Further reading Silvo Torkar, (2013). Dvočlenski slovanski antroponimi v slovenski toponimiji. Jezikoslovni zapiski XIX, s. 111–128, http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-RVDPZUCD Сулямова Рузанна Мухтасымовна , Этимологический анализ антропонимов сибирских татар в XIX В. (на примере юрт Араповских Тобольской губернии Discusses dithematic Siberian Tatar names (among other types)