Ukrainian Dialect Vocabulary in the Reconstruction of Ancient Crafts

Abstract

The names of several fishing tools and their semantic connections with the terminology of other ancient crafts – such as wickerwork and pottery – are analyzed in the article. These interconnections arise from evolutionary changes in the everyday life of early communities. Archaeological findings allow scholars to conclude that the need for fishing significantly contributed to the transition of ancient ethnic groups from a nomadic lifestyle to permanent settlement, as well as to the development of skills involved in producing various industrial and household tools made of plant materials. The object of the research is the lexical system of traditional folk crafts in the East Slavic area, while the subject is the semantic and etymological features of fishing-tool names in their relation to wickerwork and pottery terminology.