The South-Eastern Contact Area of Finnic Languages in the Light of Onomastics

• Main Author: Rahkonen, Pauli
• Other Authors: Mullonen, Irma, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts, Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies, Finno-Ugric Department, Helsingin yliopisto, humanistinen tiedekunta, suomen kielen, suomalais-ugrilaisten ja pohjoismaisten kielten ja kirjallisuuksien laitos, Helsingfors universitet, humanistiska fakulteten, Finska, finskugriska och nordiska institutionen, Saarikivi, Janne, Grünthal, Riho
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: suomalais-ugrilainen kielentutkimus; Kostroma; Onega; Arkhangelsk; karelia*; Arkhangelsk Oblast
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/38908

The subject of the present dissertation is the West Uralic past, mainly linguistic and settlement history. It focuses on historically known ancient tribes and their linguistic backgrounds such as the Merya, Muroma, Me čera and Čude as well as on some unknown Uralic tribes and languages. The tools em...