On the Differentiation of Mari and Permic Place Names in the Vetluga-Vyatka Interfluve Area

• Main Author: Alexander L. Pustyakov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta 2014
• Subjects: Mari language; Permic languages; substrate; place names; toponyms; Vetluga-Vyatka interfluve area; Mari-El; Kirov region; History of Civilization; CB3-482; Philology. Linguistics; P1-1091; Vozh; Komi language
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/1d19599bc5e54738b114dd3186c25b97

The article presents an analysis of place names of the Vetluga-Vyatka interfluve area containing lexemes that can be of either Mari or Permic origin. The paper focuses on the roots shVr, vazh ~ vozh which are frequent in the toponymy of the area, and some names ingluding the lexical component vad /...