On Some Oikonymic Models of the Eastern Lake Onega Region
The paper analyzes several models of settlement naming present in Eastern Lake Onega region and reflecting different stages of its ethnolinguistic history. The author focuses on oikonyms suffixed with -itsy/-itchi and those containing Balto-Fennic words kontu, kondu, kond ‘peasant household’ and sel...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | Russian |
Published: |
Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta
2014
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/72928a22f14e4612961a8bb1e1ee3e1b |
id |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:72928a22f14e4612961a8bb1e1ee3e1b |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:72928a22f14e4612961a8bb1e1ee3e1b 2023-05-15T17:01:28+02:00 On Some Oikonymic Models of the Eastern Lake Onega Region Ekaterina V. Zakharova 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/72928a22f14e4612961a8bb1e1ee3e1b RU rus Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta http://onomastics.ru/sites/default/files/VO_2014_1(16)/Zakharova.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1994-2400 https://doaj.org/toc/1994-2451 1994-2400 1994-2451 https://doaj.org/article/72928a22f14e4612961a8bb1e1ee3e1b Вопросы ономастики, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 34-49 (2014) Russian language Balto-Fennic languages toponymy models of settlement naming Eastern Lake Onega region language contacts History of Civilization CB3-482 Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 article 2014 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T16:12:26Z The paper analyzes several models of settlement naming present in Eastern Lake Onega region and reflecting different stages of its ethnolinguistic history. The author focuses on oikonyms suffixed with -itsy/-itchi and those containing Balto-Fennic words kontu, kondu, kond ‘peasant household’ and selgä, vuara ‘mountain’. The areal analysis shows that oikonyms in -itsy/-itchi resulted from adaptation of Vepsian and Karelian names and outline the ways of ancient migrations of the Russians from Lake Ladoga region to Svir River and Lake Onega regions (Prisvirye and Obonezhye), Eastern Lake Onega region being a peripheral zone of the area traced by the model in question. The author argues that the few settlement names with the stem Kond- have relatively late origins, most likely Vepsian, though for some toponyms the Karelian origin is not to be ruled out. The low productivity of the selgä oikonymic model and the absence of settlement names with the determinant -vara can be explained by the historical dominance of the naming patterns using the Russian term gora ‘mountain’ which brings this region closer to the territory of the Russian North. The areal, statistic and linguistic analysis of the settlement names of Eastern Lake Onega region testifies to its marginal position as related to the Vepsian territories on the South, as well as the Karelian territories on the West and the Northern Russian lands on the East. This peripheral, marginal position of the region is due to its geographic features, first and foremost, to its association with the transit waterway which was, in the past, the Vodla River. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelian Russian North vepsian Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Gora ENVELOPE(42.420,42.420,63.021,63.021) Onega ENVELOPE(38.100,38.100,63.900,63.900) |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
op_collection_id |
ftdoajarticles |
language |
Russian |
topic |
Russian language Balto-Fennic languages toponymy models of settlement naming Eastern Lake Onega region language contacts History of Civilization CB3-482 Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 |
spellingShingle |
Russian language Balto-Fennic languages toponymy models of settlement naming Eastern Lake Onega region language contacts History of Civilization CB3-482 Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Ekaterina V. Zakharova On Some Oikonymic Models of the Eastern Lake Onega Region |
topic_facet |
Russian language Balto-Fennic languages toponymy models of settlement naming Eastern Lake Onega region language contacts History of Civilization CB3-482 Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 |
description |
The paper analyzes several models of settlement naming present in Eastern Lake Onega region and reflecting different stages of its ethnolinguistic history. The author focuses on oikonyms suffixed with -itsy/-itchi and those containing Balto-Fennic words kontu, kondu, kond ‘peasant household’ and selgä, vuara ‘mountain’. The areal analysis shows that oikonyms in -itsy/-itchi resulted from adaptation of Vepsian and Karelian names and outline the ways of ancient migrations of the Russians from Lake Ladoga region to Svir River and Lake Onega regions (Prisvirye and Obonezhye), Eastern Lake Onega region being a peripheral zone of the area traced by the model in question. The author argues that the few settlement names with the stem Kond- have relatively late origins, most likely Vepsian, though for some toponyms the Karelian origin is not to be ruled out. The low productivity of the selgä oikonymic model and the absence of settlement names with the determinant -vara can be explained by the historical dominance of the naming patterns using the Russian term gora ‘mountain’ which brings this region closer to the territory of the Russian North. The areal, statistic and linguistic analysis of the settlement names of Eastern Lake Onega region testifies to its marginal position as related to the Vepsian territories on the South, as well as the Karelian territories on the West and the Northern Russian lands on the East. This peripheral, marginal position of the region is due to its geographic features, first and foremost, to its association with the transit waterway which was, in the past, the Vodla River. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Ekaterina V. Zakharova |
author_facet |
Ekaterina V. Zakharova |
author_sort |
Ekaterina V. Zakharova |
title |
On Some Oikonymic Models of the Eastern Lake Onega Region |
title_short |
On Some Oikonymic Models of the Eastern Lake Onega Region |
title_full |
On Some Oikonymic Models of the Eastern Lake Onega Region |
title_fullStr |
On Some Oikonymic Models of the Eastern Lake Onega Region |
title_full_unstemmed |
On Some Oikonymic Models of the Eastern Lake Onega Region |
title_sort |
on some oikonymic models of the eastern lake onega region |
publisher |
Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta |
publishDate |
2014 |
url |
https://doaj.org/article/72928a22f14e4612961a8bb1e1ee3e1b |
long_lat |
ENVELOPE(42.420,42.420,63.021,63.021) ENVELOPE(38.100,38.100,63.900,63.900) |
geographic |
Gora Onega |
geographic_facet |
Gora Onega |
genre |
karelian Russian North vepsian |
genre_facet |
karelian Russian North vepsian |
op_source |
Вопросы ономастики, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 34-49 (2014) |
op_relation |
http://onomastics.ru/sites/default/files/VO_2014_1(16)/Zakharova.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1994-2400 https://doaj.org/toc/1994-2451 1994-2400 1994-2451 https://doaj.org/article/72928a22f14e4612961a8bb1e1ee3e1b |
_version_ |
1766054568341274624 |