TY - JOUR N2 - This article discusses Slavic names for ‘finger joints’ and the ‘wrist’. The analysis is presented in a parallel fashion. First it discusses the names that are used to refer to both of the joints, and then it analyzes the names that exclusively refer to ‘finger joints’ or to the ‘wrist’. The article is accompanied by maps presenting the territorial ranges of the respective names. The maps use the same graphic display so as to facilitate comparison of the territorial ranges. The existence of the common names for these body organs stems from the fact that both of them can be characterized by “bending” and “merging” of their parts. The names of these parts have often become the names of the joints themselves. This fact is attributed to various environmental perceptions of body parts and their functions by human beings. The article introduces some modifications to the interpretation of the material presented in the ninth volume of The Slavic Linguistic Atlas (OLA). L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/82546/PDF/06%20S%C5%82owia%C5%84skie%20nazwy.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/82546 PY - 2013 IS - No LXII EP - 136 A1 - Siatkowski, Janusz PB - Komitet Słowianoznawstwa PAN DA - 2013 T1 - The Slavic names for ‘finger joints’ and ‘wrist’ in the light of dialectal data and historical sources SP - 109 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/82546 T2 - Rocznik Slawistyczny ER -