Die Hebamme und ihre Benennungen im Siebenbürgisch-Sächsischen

Abstract This article covers midwives as such and their designations in the Transylvanian-Saxon vernaculars in detail with emphasis on the early documentary evidence in the first half of the 16th century as well as from the 18th century. The lexemes correlate their respective categories of word formation and show descriptive series of synonyms depicting at the same time the composition of the Transylvanian-Saxon vocabulary. Comments on the etymology of the word formations as well as on the midwife‘s profession are also included. The terms are taken from the TransylvanianSaxon Dictionary and the NorthTransyl vanian Saxon Dictionary as well as the specialist literature on vernacular.