In Search of Toponymic Borders in Belozerye [PDF]
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]
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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On the Problem of the Pre-Christian Finnic Personal Names in the Toponymy of the Russian North [PDF]
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
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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]
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]
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
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 3, Page 331-335, November 2023.
Michele Bianconi, Robin Meyer
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Pseudolingvistika kui folkloorinähtus [PDF]
The article discusses pseudo-linguistic theories about the kinship of the Estonian language published since the 1920s. The author describes these theories, pointing to their characteristic features and causes of origin, and then proceeds to give an ...
Maarja Villandi
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Rahvalaulud ja rahvamuusika Virumaal [PDF]
The article discusses folk songs in Virumaa region, starting from their earliest forms until today. Like Estonian folk songs in general, folk songs in Virumaa are also divided into two main historic-stylistic layers: the ancient or runo verse (in Finland
Ingrid Rüütel
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THE PREPOSITIVE ADNOMINAL GENITIVE IN BALTIC, BALTO-FINNIC AND SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES: A HISTORICAL SURVEY Summary The article deals with the parallel preposited adnominal non-partitive genitive in Baltic, Balto-Finnic and Scandinavian languages ...
Terje Mathiassen
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Etnolingvistiniai santykiai priešistorinėje Šiaurės rytų Europoje
ETHNOLINGUISTIC SITUATION IN THE PREHISTORIC NORTH-EAST EUROPESummaryThe hitherto known facts allow to state that in the period between the disintegration of Indo-European community and the expansion of Mongolian-Turkic peoples four groups of langua ...
Leszek Bednarczuk
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