ВОПРОСЫ ОНОМАСТИКИ | PROBLEMS OF ONOMASTICS

Valery L. Vasilyev
Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University
Veliky Novgorod, Russia

Archaic Toponymy with Prefix po-/pa- on the North-West of Russia

Citation information: Voprosy onomastiki (Problems of Onomastics), 2009, Issue 7, pp. 5–13 (in Russian)

Abstract: The article analyses specific character of Balto-Slavic toponym-forming models *pa- + hydronym = oekonym and *pa- + hydronym = hydronym. Place names of given type are registered in the Russian Northwest more often than in other parts of Slavic region. Such names of villages and rivers as Pokholovye, Posyasye, Pasholonok, Ponerlitsa, Poneretka, Porusya, etc. are etymologized in the article.

Key words: Russian language, Slavic languages, Baltic languages, toponymy, oikonimy, hydronymy, Russian North-West, archaic prefix *po-/ *pa-, word formation, etymology

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