Geography and determinants of old Polish names of feudal obligations

The author analysed geography of old Polish names of feudal obligations till 1600. The material was excerpted from notes and protocols from inspections of royal estates in 16th century. The geography of the names is determined by many factors - historic (traditions of feudal relations, existence of the documents), linguistic (geographical differentiation of words), economic specificity of a country. Different perceptual associations and interpretation of the world (onomasiology factors) also results in geographical diversity of the analysed names.