
The aim of the article is to compare the development of some family-related vocabulary from Latin (with PIE backgrounds) to Hispano-Romance with the old and modern Polish terms. The comparative analysis covers the words for ‘uncle’/’aunt’, ‘brother/sister-in-law’ and ‘cousins’. The author tries to explain lexical changes with reference to social changes that took place over the centuries.
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