The Finnic-Mordvinic lepp [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2022 The noun leppä (or one of its phonetic variants) is used as a name for âalder (Alnus)â in Finnic, Mordvinic and Lapp. The same word denotes âbleedingâ as well as âblood of a killed animalâ or â as in some dialects â just âfish 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 ~ ÂProto-Germ *blÄstra-z (cf. Old Norse blástr m âBlasen, Schwellungâ 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
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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
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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 +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 â(animal) lip, mouthâ is discussed: Baltic *smaka-, cf. Lithuanian smãkras etc. âchin; beardâ, Latvian smakris etc. âchin, palateâ, Lithuanian smãkÄs pl. âpig snout, elephantâs trunk;
Lembit Vaba
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Die ostseefinnische Bezeichnung für den Zapfen bzw. Wirtel von Nadelbäumen *kerk(k)ä [The Finnic Word *kerk(k)ä for the Cone or Whorl of Coniferous Trees]; pp. 1-5 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2020 The article discusses the possible Baltic etymology of the Finnic *kerk(k)ä Ââannual growth of the top or twigs of coniferous trees, whorl etc; cone of spruce or pineâ: Baltic *kerk-: Lithuanian kerkulÄ âtwo or more trees grown from one stumpâ,
Lembit Vaba
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K proischozhdeniju nazvanij soli v finno-permskich jazykach [On the Origin of the Word for ’Salt’ in Finnic-Permic Languages]; pp. 161-176 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2015 The Finnic-Permic word for âsaltâ, traditionally reconstructed as *salÉ (*sala) and explained as an Aryan loanword (cf. Skr. salilá- âsalty water, seaâ < PIE *sal- âsaltâ) is reconsidered. First, the Proto-Finnic-Mordvinian form, when based
V. V. Napol´skich
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Contact‐Induced Changes in Morphosyntax: An Introduction
, 2023 Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 3, Page 331-335, November 2023.
Michele Bianconi, Robin Meyer
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Finnic comparative constructions in an areal context
, 2023 This paper discusses comparative constructions in the Finnic languages. The main focus is on the southern Finnic languages with separate attention paid to dialect variation.
Norvik, Miina, Saar, Eva
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