Note that East Slavic
tribal, patronymic and toponymic names in -ic^- and West Slavic ones
in -ic- derive from Proto-Slavic *-itj-. The Southern reflexes of that are
OCS/Bulgarian/Macedonian -is^t- (with secondary dialectal variants -ic^-
and -ik'- due to Serbian influence), Serbo-Croatian -ic'- and Slovene -ic^-. In
the southernmost opart of Slavia you should definitely look for "ishty" (-is^ti)
rather than "itsy" or "itchy" names. Don't confuse them with the very common
"-ishte" toponyms from *-is^c^e < *-isk-jo- ("the place where there used
to be a ..."), e.g. Ukr. horodys^c^e, Pol. grodziszcze, Bulg.
gradis^te.
For the same development in a common noun,
cf. *sve^tja 'candle' > Russ. svec^a, Pol. s'vieca, Cz. svíce, SCr.
svijec'a/svec'a, OCS sves^ta, Bulg. sves^t.
Piotr
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 3:15 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: south slavic
--- In cybalist@......, george
knysh <gknysh@......>
wrote:
...
> *****GK: -CI will also do. BTW I'm not talking
of
> tribal names but of toponyms. Are there many toponyms
> in -CI
or -ICI?******
there are quite a few _modern_ toponyms in -CI:
Chiprovci,
Radomirci, etc. Some of them do appear to be derived from
clan
names. I cannot think of medieval examples right now.