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On the Problem of the Pre-Christian Finnic Personal Names in the Toponymy of the Russian North [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2017
The article addresses an understudied problem of pre-Christian Finnic personal names in the toponymy of the Russian North. In his observations, the author notes a considerable share of toponyms including such personal names recorded in the region ...
Janne Saarikivi
doaj   +4 more sources

Baltic → Finnic Loans

, 2023
Anthony Jakob
exaly   +2 more sources

A Few More Possible Traces of the Lost Language Chain of North-East Europe [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2022
There are numerous exceptional similarities between some of the east- and southward Finnic languages and Permic languages, in particular in case of the Veps, South-Estonian and Komi languages.
Ago Künnap
doaj   +1 more source

Anmerkungen hinsichtlich einer baltischen Herkunft von osfi. *vana *’Hochwasser, Überschwemmung’ [On the Baltic Origin of the Finnic *vana *’flood, inundation’] [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2021
The possible Baltic origin of the Finnic word *vana ’flood, inundation’ is discussed: Baltic *tvana-: Lithuanian tvãnas, tvãnai pl ’deluge of a river, inundation, flood; a large number (of); abscess’etc.
Lembit Vaba
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The Finnic-Mordvinic lepp [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2022
The noun leppä (or one of its phonetic variants) is used as a name for ’alder (Alnus)’ in Finnic, Mordvinic and Lapp. The same word denotes ’bleeding’ as well as ’blood of a killed animal’ or — as in some dialects — just ’fish or seal ...
Vilja Oja
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Lembit Vaba, Über eine mögliche baltische Herkunft von frühosfi. *lēćća *’Blasebalg’ [On the Possible Baltic Origin of the Early Proto-Finnic *lēćća ­*’bellows’]; pp. 161-167 [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2016
There is still no consensus about the origin of the Finnic word family represented by, e.g. Fin lietsa, Est lõõts etc. The alleged Germanic etymology ~ ­Proto-Germ *blēstra-z (cf. Old Norse blástr m ’Blasen, Schwellung’ etc).
Lembit Vaba
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Leisten die Baltismen in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen einen Beitrag zur Klärung der Entwicklungsetappen von balt. *ei?[Can the Baltic Loanwords in Finnic Languages Clarify the Stages of Development of the Baltic Diphthong *ei?]; pp. 26-31 [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2016
I believe that the Baltic loanwords detected in Finnnic languages can indeed shed some light on the still somewhat unclear history of the Baltic vowel system.
Lembit Vaba
doaj   +1 more source

Grammaticalization as Conventionalization of Discursively Secondary Status: Deconstructing the Lexical–Grammatical Continuum

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 2, Page 270-292, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Despite intense research on grammaticalization, no satisfactory definition has so far been proposed. Some would argue that it is indeed impossible to come up with a precise definition as grammaticalization is an epiphenomenon. After pointing out problems in existing definitions, this article proposes a new definition of grammaticalization as a
Kasper Boye
wiley   +1 more source

In Search of Toponymic Borders in Belozerye [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2016
The article presents some results of the expedition aimed at documenting toponymic and lexical substratal data in the Lake Beloye area (Belozerye). The survey was carried out in the summer of 2015 in the south-western part of Belozersky District around ...
Ekaterina V. Zakharova, Anna A. Makarova, Irma I. Mullonen   +2 more
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Zur baltischen Herkunft von osfi. *mokka ’Lippe, Lefze’ [On the Baltic Origin of the Finnic *mokka ’(animal) lip, mouth’]; pp. 104-108 [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2018
The possible Baltic origin of the Finnic word mokka ’(animal) lip, mouth’ is discussed: Baltic *smaka-, cf. Lithuanian smãkras etc. ’chin; beard’, Latvian smakris etc. ’chin, palate’, Lithuanian smãkės pl. ’pig snout, elephant’s trunk;
Lembit Vaba
doaj   +1 more source