Comparing Etymological Characteristics of Plant Naming in Yakut, Even, and Evenk Languages

• Main Authors: Osorova, Marina A., Malysheva, Ninel V., Timofeeva, Ayta V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2022
• Subjects: phytonymes; système de formation des mots; nomenclature; étymologie; yakoute; toungouse; évène; evenki; phytonyms; word-forming system; naming; etymology; Yakut language; Tungusic language; Even language; Evenk language; Evenki; Sakha; Arctic; Evenk; Republic of Sakha; Toungouse*; Tungusic languages; Yakoute; Yakoutes; Yakut; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/76119

This article considers issues of language contacts between Yakut, Even, and Evenk people through an analysis of plant vocabulary. We define etymological characteristics of fixed lexical units that denote plant names and present results of a comparative analysis of plant naming in these three languag...