Відапелятивні прізвища жителів м. Нововолинська Волинської області на -енк-о, похідні від іменникових основ
Appellative surnames of the citizens of Novovolynsk, Volyn region, ending in -enk-o derived from nouns

Summary/Abstract: Appellative derivatives ending in enk-o, derived from nouns play an important role in the anthroponymicon of the Novovolynsk Volyn region. O. B. Tkachenko notes that originally the derivatives with the suffix enk-o belonged to the folk forms of children names after the father, and the appellative constructions of formation are likely to have appeared in the second half of the 12th and in 13th century. According to M. L. Hudash, ancient appellative Slavic nicknames that changed into the surnames are not always possible to distinguish from the actual nicknames that are portrayed from ancient times as informal namings. Both constructions have been formed from the appellative vocabulary of a specific semantic category as groups of personal and non-personal names. The difference was only in different motives and methods of assigning nomination. The analysis of appellative surnames of the Novovolynsk citizens ending in enk-o derived from nouns revealed the generating extensive struc¬ture of these words, indicating a natural and long-term process of their formation. These anthroponyms represent various semantic and thematic layers of the vocabulary, describe native speakers with a help of their physical or mental features, behaviour, and reflect the Ukrainian outlook and mentality. Summing up, the surnames with the suffix enk-o are of great importance to the anthroponymicon of Novovolynsk, Volyn region. This situation is obviously caused not only by lingual but also extralingual factors, primarily active migration processes not only within the country but also in the region, resulting in forming the modern structure of this young town.

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