Phonetic Variants of the Ancient Toponymic Stem *Ylä- ‘Upper’ and Their Genesis in the Hydronymy of Karelia

• Published in: Вопросы ономастики
• Main Author: Irma I. Mullonen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta 2018
• Subjects: Finnic languages; Saami languages; substrate toponymy; etymology; toponymic formants; toponymic stems; Karelia; History of Civilization; CB3-482; Philology. Linguistics; P1-1091; Onega; Ileksa; karelia*; saami; järv
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15826/vopr_onom.2018.15.2.013; https://doaj.org/article/1ea3e0d8c58245c386cb9bead47b1230

The paper explores modifications of the ancient proto-Finnic toponymic stem *Ylä- ‘top, upper,’ attested in the hydronymy of Karelia and adjacent regions. The analysis aims to reveal its phonetic variants and their sources. It is observed that in hydronyms the stem is used both independently and in...