Václav Blažek

Biographic Data

ID199878
NAMEVáclav Blažek
GIVEN NAMESVáclav
FAMILY NAMEBlažek
SIGNATUREBLAŽEK V
AFFILIATIONSMasaryk University
ORCID0000-0002-3499-5232
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS52
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR52
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Unlocking learning

    Open AccessPetra Karvánková, Václav Blažek et al.ARTICLEInternational Research in…2026

    Educational escape games are a practical approach to enhancing Geography and Environmental education. By encouraging engagement, collaboration, and practical application of knowledge, these games can help pupils develop the skills and understanding necessary to address complex environmental issues. Using gamification, educators can create dynamic and interactive learning experiences tied to specific places. The present study focuses on the inters…

  • The Pre-Indo-European Substratum in the British Isles and the Pre-Uralic Substratum in Fennoscandia

    Václav BlažekARTICLEMother Tongue2025

    Recent genetic studies of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in Scandinavia reveal that the primary postglacial repopulation originated from Western Europe. This paper tests the hypothesis of a shared migration by identifying linguistic parallels between the Pre-Indo- European substratum in the British Isles and the Pre-Uralic substratum in Fennoscandia, providing evidence for a common origin of these ancient populations.

  • Vitaly V. Shevoroshkin (1932–2023)

    Iren Hegedus, Václav BlažekARTICLEMother Tongue2025

  • Etruscan–Hurro-Urartian Relations

    Václav BlažekARTICLEMother Tongue2025

    This paper reviews earlier comparisons of Etruscan with North Caucasian, Hurro- Urartian with North Caucasian, and Etruscan with Hurro-Urartian. After critical evaluation, the most promising correspondences are retained and supplemented with new comparanda, forming a synthesis that supports a genealogical Etruscan-Hurro-Urartian relationship. The comparative minicorpus includes 47 lexical items; morphology is excluded (reserved for future study).…

  • Geocircus

    Petra Karvánková, Václav Blažek et al.ARTICLEThe Professional Geographer2025

    Integrating digital technologies into education is increasingly important, yet it faces several challenges. A significant barrier is the lack of digital competence among teachers, who often do not have the necessary skills to effectively incorporate technology into their teaching. Additionally, some educators view new digital tools as burdens rather than opportunities to enhance the methodological options available to them. The Geocircus concept …

  • Balto-Slavic * nai̯g- , a neglected isogloss with external relatives

    Open AccessVáclav BlažekARTICLEBaltistica2025

    The relationship of the Latvian verb naigât, -ãju and the adj. naîgs with the Slavic noun *ně̋ga and verb *něgati was identified already by Bezzenberger and Fick in 1881. Later attempts to add new comparanda have not been convincing. The present contribution discusses possible cognates in Tocharian and Celtic, implying the Indo-European protoform *nei̯gu̯

  • Visualising daily commuting flows and travel behaviour of students in Czechia

    Open AccessSelma Kraft, Václav Blažek et al.ARTICLEJournal of Maps2025

    This paper focuses on an innovative cartographic visualisation of key aspects of spatial mobility, specifically daily mobility flows and the travel behaviour of students in Czechia. It represents mobility flows through the key attributes of intensity, direction, and proportionality, with an emphasis on the dominance of the main direction. This method enables the clear and effective visualisation of daily mobility flows within a single map. Additi…

  • In Memory of John D. Bengtson (March 26, 1948–March 3, 2024)

    Václav BlažekARTICLEMother Tongue2024

  • Mže a hydronyma jejího povodí ve světle etymologie

    Open AccessVáclav BlažekARTICLEAUC PHILOLOGICA2024

    In the article the name of the West Bohemian river Mže and its tributaries are analyzed in etymological perspective. In the first plan their Slavic etymologies are analyzed. In the second plan, possibilities of their pre-Slavic origin are verified. In the case of the hydronyms Mže and Úhlava their Germanic and Celtic etymologies are discussed, while the names of other tributaries are of Slavic origin. Finally the process of replacement of the hyd…

  • Sl. *ryba v kontextu indoevropské ichtyonymie

    Václav BlažekARTICLERocznik Slawistyczny2024

    This contribution summarizes all published etymological attempts to explain the Common Slavic word *ry̋ba ‘fish’. A critical examination in the light of semantic parallels favorizes two proposed etymological solutions which confirm the comparison with West Germanic *rūbō ‘caterpillar; burbot, eelpout’. Finally, external parallels from Balto-Fennic languages are adduced in perspective of areal interference

  • Proto-Indo-European *trei̯-(es) in intesifying function in South Slavic and Celtic

    Jadranka Gvozdanovic, Václav BlažekARTICLERocznik Slawistyczny2024

    This contribution compares the Common Celtic intensifying *trē and its Slavic counterparts in Serbian Church Slavonic (trь- & tri-), Serbian of the religious style (tri-), and vernacular Serbian (tro-). In addition, evidence from Ancient Greek and Latin is mentioned. This paper proposes several development scenarios and discusses them critically

  • An Excerpt from the ‘Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of Beja

    Open AccessVáclav BlažekARTICLEFolia Orientalia2024

    The contribution summarises the Beja lexicon connected with zoological terminology. Every lexeme is documented in available sources and etymologized in areal or genealogical perspectives. In the case of borrowings, the ambition is to trace primary donor-languages, usually Arabic or Ethio-Semitic, sometimes Nilo-Saharan. The inherited lexemes are identified, if no convincing donors were determined, while there are promising comparanda in other Cus…

  • An Excerpt from the ‘Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of Beja

    Open AccessVáclav BlažekARTICLEFolia Orientalia2024

    The contribution summarises the Beja lexicon connected with natural phenomena, including astronomical, temporal, and geographical terminology. Every lexeme is documented in available sources and etymologized in areal or genealogical perspectives. In the case of borrowings, the ambition is to trace primary donor-languages, usually Arabic or Ethio-Semitic, sometimes Nilo-Saharan. The inherited lexemes are identified, if no convincing donors were de…

  • Reawakening the Past

    Open AccessPetra Karvánková, Václav Blažek et al.ARTICLEPLURAL History Culture Society2024

    In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on protecting both natural and cultural heritage, which often faces the threat of being forgotten or lost. The digital era and new technologies have opened up new opportunities to make these heritage sites accessible to the public. This trend is particularly evident in Czechia in the Sudetenland, where the German population was displaced after World War II. These regions, characterised by high de…

  • Andamanese Languages

    Václav BlažekARTICLEMother Tongue2023

  • Memories of Vladimir Antonovič Dybo (1931–2023)

    Václav BlažekARTICLEMother Tongue2023

  • Interurban mobility

    Open AccessMiroslav Marada, Jiří‐Jakub Zévl et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2023

  • Mapping Indo-European anatomical terminology III

    Open AccessVáclav BlažekARTICLEBaltistica2023

    In the present study Latvian mēle ‘tongue’, an isolate within the Baltic lexicon, is studied from the point of view of its etymology. The existing etymological attempts operate with the semantic development ‘speech’ → ‘language’ → ‘tongue’, which is naturally quite legitimate, but in the three concrete cases analyzed here is not convincing enough. The new solution connects Latvian mēle ‘tongue’, reflecting Proto-Baltic *mēlii̯ā, with another isol…

  • Functional regions as a platform to define integrated transport system zones

    Open AccessSelma Kraft, Matus Halas et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2022

  • Slov. * ǫb(ъ)lъ

    Václav BlažekARTICLERocznik Slawistyczny2022

  • Flora in Beja Lexicon

    Open AccessVáclav BlažekARTICLEFolia Orientalia2022

    In the present contribution the Beja botanical terminology is analyzed from the point of view of semantic motivation. The study is limited only to the unborrowed part of the botanical lexicon (with some exceptions), together 76 terms. First 51 terms are etymologized with help of external comparisons with probable cognates in other Cushitic or Afroasiatic languages. The last 25 terms are understandable from the point of view of internal etymology …

  • Lex Ruki in Baltic in perspective of the early Baltic loans in Finnic

    Open AccessVáclav Blažek, Ondřej ŠefčíkARTICLEBaltistica2022

    This discourse puts forward arguments for the complete validity of Pedersen’s Law, also called ‘Lex RUKI’, in Proto-Baltic (or an early Baltic dialect) in all positions. This conclusion was formulated based on an analysis of the early Baltic borrowings into Finnic

  • Identification of motorcycle accidents hotspots in the Czech Republic and their conditional factors

    Open AccessSelma Kraft, Miroslav Marada et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal2022References: 82

    In recent decades, there has been a significant increase in the number of newly registered motorcycles worldwide. However, there is not only an increase in the number of motorcycles in traffic but also an increase in the number of conflicts between motorcyclists and the surrounding environment. A relatively significant research gap can be identified in the relationship between spatial factors and motorcycle accident rates. This paper analyses the…

  • A new book devoted to the comparative linguistics, written in a general perspective

    Václav BlažekARTICLERocznik Slawistyczny2021

  • Population movements based on mobile phone location data

    Open AccessMatus Halas, Václav Blažek et al.ARTICLEJournal of Maps2021

    The paper presents new approaches to the visualisation of origin–destination flows, in which all three basic parameters of flows between pairs of geographic objects are cartographically expressed simply and clearly: the length of flows, their intensity, and the proportional distribution of both directions between pairs of objects (polarisation of flows). The data on population movements based on mobile phone location are used as the input informa…