A Breakthrough in the Study of the Merya Problem. Review of the book: Matveyev, A. K. (2015). Substratnaia toponimiia Russkogo Severa [Substrate Toponymy of the Russian North] (Vol. 4: Toponimiia merianskogo tipa [Merya-like Toponymy]). Ekaterinburg: Ural University Press [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2016 The fourth volume of the study Substrate toponymy of the Russian North written by the outstanding Russian linguist Aleksandr Matveyev and posthumously published by Oleg Smirnov is an important contribution to solving one of the most complicated problems ...
Vladimir V. Napolskikh
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Mari, Merya, Muroma — History of the Ethnonyms and Reconstruction of the Substrate Toponymy Languages [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2023 The old hypothesis on the relatedness of Merya languages (today we can speak about a group of languages or dialects reconstructed on the basis of substrate toponymy of Central Russia: Merya of Rostov, Merya of Kostroma, and Merya of Murom also known as ...
Vladimir V. Napolskikh +1 more
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To the Iranian Etymology of the Ethnonyms Mari, Merya, Muroma
Вопросы ономастикиThe article continues the exploration of the ethnonym *märə, previously reconstructed by the author and A. V. Savelyev, as evidenced in the self-designation of the Mari people and in the names of Merya and Muroma found in Russian chronicles.
Vladimir V. Napolskikh
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Вопросы ономастикиThis article substantiates the possibility of obtaining data on extinct Finno-Ugric languages of Central Russia through a formalized catalogue of substrate toponyms of Finno-Ugric origin within the historical Merya lands (HML).
Oleg Vitalyevich Smirnov
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From Chud to Merya [Review of: Rahkonen, P. (2013). South-Eastern Contact Area of Finnic Languages in the Light of Onomastics. Jyväskylä: Bookwell Oy] [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2014 The article reviews the work by Pauli Rahkonen devoted to the research of substrate Finno-Ugric hydronymy of the Upper Volga region and adjacent territories where there lived Merya, Muroma, Meshchera and Chud — peoples mentioned in old manuscripts.
Irma I. Mullonen
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Conservation Of Javanese Cultural Haritage As Strategy To Strengthen The Nation Characterand Maintain The Local Wisdom (Case Study Lagu Dolanan Anak) [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 In the context of today's global society, the presence and re-disclosure of lagu dolanan text contents will be able to provide an alternative new colour to public education which is beginning to be torn apart by modern culture, especially, character ...
Abdullah Muhammad, Anggraeni Merya
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To the Origins of Russian Surnames with the Stem Maur- [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2020 The paper delves into the etymology of East Slavic (including Russian) surnames with the stem Maur- (Maur, Maurenko, Maurin, Maurinov, Maurov, Maurtsev, etc.).
Nadezhda V. Kabinina
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Археология евразийских степей, 2023 During archaeological studies, a representative collection of Finno-Ugric artefacts (20 pcs.) was collected in the central part of the Bolgar fortified settlement. Most of them are various decorations and clothing items.
Denis Yu. Badeev
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Russian Names with the Stem Balah(o)n- in Historical and Etymological Perspective [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2015 The article analyzes the origin of Russian personal and place names with the stem Balah(o)n-. The author argues that originally the stem in question was part of the Old Novgorodian diminutive personal name or surname *Balahno formed from an abridged ...
Nikolai M. Shvarev
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On history of a provincial town’s urbanonymy: names of saltworks of old-time Nerekhta
Неофилология, 2020 This research is devoted to the study of historical toponyms of the town of Nerekhta, Kostroma Region. The onyms chosen for analysis are from the town’s medieval period associated with the territory’s oldest trade – salt production and saltworks – now ...
T. V. Gorlova
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