Mikołaj Rudnicki

Mikołaj Rudnicki - (born 6 December 1881 in Sokołów Podlaski - died 28 June 1978 in Puszczykowo) was a Polish linguist. He finished his studies in Kraków. In 1911 he became a docent in Indoeuropean linguistics.

In 1919 he became a professor at Uniwersytet Poznański. From 1945 he was a member of the Polish Academy of Learning.

He published many works on psycho-phonetic issues:

* ''Studia psychofonetyczne'' * ''Przyczynki do gramatyki i słownika narzecza słowiańskiego'' (1913) * ''Wykształcenie językowe w życiu i w szkole'' (1920) * ''Z dziejów polskiej myśli językowej i wychowania'' (1921) * ''Prawo identyfikacji wyobrażeń niedostatecznie różnych'' (1927) * ''Językoznawstwo polskie w dobie Oświecenia'' (1956) * ''Prasłowiańszczyzna'' * ''Lechia Polska'' (1959–1961)

He also published many literature works and dramas using the pen names: M.S. Rozwar and E. Meser.

Mikołaj Rudnicki proved that the ancestry of name Schivelbein comes from ''Skwielbin'' or ''Skwilbin'', which means ''disc on swamp''. Provided by Wikipedia