Keyword: «etymology»

Nowadays, the names of rock bands as a separate class of onyms are not sufficiently investigated, unlike toponyms, ergonyms, zoonyms and other names. In order to identify the linguistic features of the names of rock bands, this work considers etymology, structural and grammatical classification, semantics and functional specifics of the Ya-kutsk rock band names, which may reflect the state of the spiritual and moral culture of the «informal youth group». The study can be the key to revealing the values of young people through cultural and social connotations.

This article is devoted to the analysis of the national-cultural aspect of phraseological units, which include a component – a proper name. The origin of individual units is considered, their connection with specific historical figures is established. Their role in the representation of the national picture of the world is evaluated.

The article is devoted to the study of toponyms in the Bulun village of the Tatta ulus of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Many of the geographical names under consideration have not previously been studied and recorded in toponymic dictionaries. The purpose of the article is to characterize hydronyms, oikonyms, agroonyms, insulonyms found on the territory of the settlement, to determine their lexical meaning and source language. As a result, the identified toponyms were divided into classes and analyzed using explanatory dictionaries and other literature on toponymy.

There are some interesting parallels and convergences in the early toponymy of Belarus and Northwestern Russia. However, most of the parallels established to date are unreliable, since they are based primarily on the external similarity of toponyms, without taking into account linguistic history, the history of contact relations in toponymy, and the specifics of nominative models at different times and in different territories, in different languages. At the same time, the same topographical bases in different territories can be filled with completely different meanings (for example, Turya). Nevertheless, connections in early toponymy are visible. In particular, in archaic Slavic hydronymy (Dvina) and oikonymy (-ichi). In the northwestern part of Belarus, bordering the Pskov region and Latvia one can find some rudiments of Baltic-Finnish toponymy, including ancient ones. Apparently, there are some place names of Balto-Fennic origin in the Belarusian-Lithuanian borderland. However, you should not compare them directly with Veps or Finnish data.

The names of the Western and Northern Dvina rivers are considered, the etymological and semantic features of potamonyms are determined, their role in the formation of the toponymic system of regions is established, possible causes of the homonymy of hydronyms are identified.