On the Problem of the Pre-Christian Finnic Personal Names in the Toponymy of the Russian North
The article addresses an understudied problem of pre-Christian Finnic personal names in the toponymy of the Russian North. In his observations, the author notes a considerable share of toponyms including such personal names recorded in the region, although in quantitative terms their number is still...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:312c59ed3e4245d1b083e0314436482a 2023-05-15T17:00:22+02:00 On the Problem of the Pre-Christian Finnic Personal Names in the Toponymy of the Russian North Janne Saarikivi 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.15826/vopr_onom.2017.14.3.028 https://doaj.org/article/312c59ed3e4245d1b083e0314436482a RU rus Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta http://onomastics.ru/sites/default/files/doi/10.15826/vopr_onom.2017.14.3.028.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1994-2400 https://doaj.org/toc/1994-2451 doi:10.15826/vopr_onom.2017.14.3.028 1994-2400 1994-2451 https://doaj.org/article/312c59ed3e4245d1b083e0314436482a Вопросы ономастики, Vol 14, Iss 3, Pp 168-184 (2017) Russian North substrate toponymy anthroponymy pre-Christian personal names Finnic languages History of Civilization CB3-482 Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.15826/vopr_onom.2017.14.3.028 2022-12-31T11:27:32Z The article addresses an understudied problem of pre-Christian Finnic personal names in the toponymy of the Russian North. In his observations, the author notes a considerable share of toponyms including such personal names recorded in the region, although in quantitative terms their number is still less than in other historical Finnic territories. The given study explores North Russian substrate toponyms derived from pre-Christian Finnic personal names in a broad typological setting, covering place names of a significant part of the European north-west (Finland, Karelia, Estonia, Latvia). The article focuses on eight components most frequently occurring in the toponyms: Iha-, Ikä-, Kaipa-, Leina-, Lempe-, Monta-, Usko-, Vihti-. The use of cartographic method allows the author to locate these ancient Finnic stems, which subsequently leads him to create the final map that correlates their distribution area with that of toponyms featuring the *hiite- stem, meaning ‘pre-Christian sanctuary’. This correlation gives a further testimony to the results of nominal stems mapping, since the *hiite- lexeme is proto-Finnic, which makes it highly plausible the toponyms derived from it can adhere to the era of the early settling of the Baltic Finns. According to the author’s conclusions, on the whole, the area of pre-Christian Finnic names in toponymy attests to the formerly vast territory of the Finnic tribes’ residence, which is now Russified in the north-east and Balticised in the south. The Russian North, in particular, shows the traces of several groups of the Finnic population; as the author suggests, along with Karelian and Vepsian native speakers, the region also used to have residents who spoke an unknown Finnic language. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelia* karelian Russian North vepsian Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Leina ENVELOPE(-8.500,-8.500,70.833,70.833) Вопросы Ономастики 14 3 168 184 |
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The article addresses an understudied problem of pre-Christian Finnic personal names in the toponymy of the Russian North. In his observations, the author notes a considerable share of toponyms including such personal names recorded in the region, although in quantitative terms their number is still less than in other historical Finnic territories. The given study explores North Russian substrate toponyms derived from pre-Christian Finnic personal names in a broad typological setting, covering place names of a significant part of the European north-west (Finland, Karelia, Estonia, Latvia). The article focuses on eight components most frequently occurring in the toponyms: Iha-, Ikä-, Kaipa-, Leina-, Lempe-, Monta-, Usko-, Vihti-. The use of cartographic method allows the author to locate these ancient Finnic stems, which subsequently leads him to create the final map that correlates their distribution area with that of toponyms featuring the *hiite- stem, meaning ‘pre-Christian sanctuary’. This correlation gives a further testimony to the results of nominal stems mapping, since the *hiite- lexeme is proto-Finnic, which makes it highly plausible the toponyms derived from it can adhere to the era of the early settling of the Baltic Finns. According to the author’s conclusions, on the whole, the area of pre-Christian Finnic names in toponymy attests to the formerly vast territory of the Finnic tribes’ residence, which is now Russified in the north-east and Balticised in the south. The Russian North, in particular, shows the traces of several groups of the Finnic population; as the author suggests, along with Karelian and Vepsian native speakers, the region also used to have residents who spoke an unknown Finnic language. |
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On the Problem of the Pre-Christian Finnic Personal Names in the Toponymy of the Russian North |
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On the Problem of the Pre-Christian Finnic Personal Names in the Toponymy of the Russian North |
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On the Problem of the Pre-Christian Finnic Personal Names in the Toponymy of the Russian North |
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