The archaic oikonyms of the right-bank Polesia and adjacent territories in the 15th century: the area and semantics of the name bases Cover Image

Архаїчна ойконімія правобережного Полісся і суміжних територій у XV ст.: ареал і семантика твірних основ
The archaic oikonyms of the right-bank Polesia and adjacent territories in the 15th century: the area and semantics of the name bases

Author(s): Zoryana Kupchyns’ka
Subject(s): Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: oikonym; the right-bank Polesia; word bases; geographical plurative names; anthroponym; name compounds

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the geographical names ending in *-ьn, *-ьskъ, *-any/*-jany,*-itji, *-j(ь), *-ovъ/*-evъ, *-inъ of the right-bank Polesia in the 15th century. The analysedmaterial comes from historical documents and secondary literature. The oikonymsof these archaic types are analysed according to the structure and meaning ofthe word stems used as the name bases. The areas of these names are described andvisualised on a map chart.

  • Issue Year: 62/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 304-322
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Ukrainian