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.