Mietnica, kaduk, boża kaźń, czyli o nazwach epilepsji w polszczyźnie XV i XVI w.

Abstract

The subject matter of the presentation is the old vocabulary naming illnesses, and in particular its section, i.e. a group of some synonymous names for epilepsy recorded in the literary works of the 15th and 16th century Polish. The author focuses on tracing the cultural and linguistic mechanisms of the origin of such names. Particular attention is devoted to their etymology, structure and also semantic motivation, which was the foundation of nominalisation.