TY - JOUR N2 - Etymologies demonstrate complexity of semantic changes that the Maltese words underwent as well as reflect the local history and lifestyle of peasants dwelling in rural areas of Malta and Gozo. In such way the words may be considered as a reservoir of the collective memory of Maltese people. Strikingly, the Maltese language, though Semitic in its grammar, semantically seems to be attached more to the Romance word. It is manifested not only in the preponderance of Sicilian words in Maltese dictionaries, but also in the transposition of some semantic structures mirroring the internal development of Romance languages. In the article the following Maltese terms were discussed: mgħażqa, zappun, minġel, xatba, rixtellu, minġla, ranċila, romblu tad-dris, midra, luħ, mannara, lexxuna. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/116204/PDF/2_ROrient%2072%20z.%202-19%20BEDNAROWICZ.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/116204 PY - 2019 IS - No 2 EP - 32 DO - 10.24425/ro.2019.132989 KW - Maltese language KW - etymology KW - agricultural terms KW - Romance languages KW - Malta KW - Sicily A1 - Bednarowicz, Sebastian PB - The Committee of Oriental Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and The Publishing House ELIPSA VL - vol. LXXII DA - 2020.06.18 T1 - On Maltese Names for Some Ancient Agricultural Tools SP - 20 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/116204 T2 - Rocznik Orientalistyczny/Yearbook of Oriental Studies ER -