A mordvin névtani kutatások etimológiai problémái
Megjelenés dátuma: 2011
Kulcsszó: helynév
víznév
etimológia
mordvin
orosz
víznév
etimológia
mordvin
orosz
Abstract:
SÁNDOR MATICSÁK, Etymological problems in Mordvinian onomastic researches
The paper provides an overview of Mordvinian toponymic researches from their beginnings
up to the present day. First, the etymological dictionaries of place-names published recently are
presented, and then, by way of analysing several examples taken from these works, the reliability
of the dictionary entries is discussed. The author proves that the explanations of microtoponyms,
place-names of anthroponymic origin and toponyms of Russian origin are generally correct in the
etymological dictionaries; those of the so-called topoformants, however, are very often problematic.
The explanations of hydronyms of non-Mordvinian or Russian origin and single-constituent place-
names are likewise less trustworthy in these dictionaries. The present situation could only be
improved by the publication of new, entirely reliable Mordvinian etymological dictionaries, as the
available ones contain only few words and, unfortunately, often display inaccuracies.