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Old Polish
Etymology
From baster + -ka. First attested in 1450.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bastɛːrka/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /basterka/
Noun
basterka f (male equivalent baster)
- female equivalent of baster (“bastard”) (person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant)
1910-2024 [1450], Rocznik Towarzystwa Heraldycznego we Lwowie, volume III, page 293:Testes contra Annam coniugem Joha... Thako nam pomoszy bog..., ysz ta *panya Hanka nye opchodzyla sza *nyszødna slø s rzeczø, my vyemy y k szwey dvszy byerzemy, ysze yest dobrego occza y dobrey maczrze. Pro quo citaverat Anna... nobilem Jacobum... hoc est de vituperatione, quod esset basterka, in isto se non emundavit et in illo villipendio mansit et nos ei dederamus per bonas et nobiles feminas, quod deberet per eas emundari et illa nec eas constituit, nec sola fuit- [Testes contra Annam coniugem Joha... Tako nam pomoży Bog..., iż ta panna Hanka nie obchodziła się niżadną złą rzeczą, my wiemy i k swej duszy bierzemy, iże jest dobrego oćca i dobrej macirze. Pro quo citaverat Anna... nobilem Jacobum... hoc est de vituperatione, quod esset basterka, in isto se non emundavit et in illo villipendio mansit et nos ei dederamus per bonas et nobiles feminas, quod deberet per eas emundari et illa nec eas constituit, nec sola fuit]
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “basterka”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN