Finnish Language Influence on Border Karelian Toponymy

• Main Author: Denis V. Kuzmin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta 2013
• Subjects: Finno-Ugric languages; Balto-Fennic languages; Karelian language; Karelian dialects; Ladoga Karelia; border Karelia; toponymy; Karelian toponymy; Finno-Karelian language contacts; History of Civilization; CB3-482; Philology. Linguistics; P1-1091; karelian
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/e53c1ec822a14c5cae6ee34aa87343a0

The article provides a detailed analysis of toponymic facts determined by the Finnish language influence on the border Karelian dialects. On the basis of toponymic data, the author reveals a number of phonetic, morpho-phonetic and lexical features of the Karelian dialects in question brought by the Finnish language. According to the author’s theory, the greater part of the border Karelian “finnicized” toponyms is due to the Savonian migrants’ legacy, Savonians speaking an East Finnish dialect, but the article also considers other sources of the Finnish influence.