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.