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Aleksey Ye. Vinogradov
independent researcher
About the names of the Dnieper rapids in the Rus’ language in De administrando imperio
Vinogradov A.Ye. About the names of the Dnieper rapids in the Rus’ language in De administrando imperio. Vestnik of Kostroma State University, 2020, vol. 26, № 3, pp. 7-13 (In Russ.). DOI https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2020-26-3-7-13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2020-26-3-7-13
УДК: 930.23
Publish date: 2020-07-05
Annotation: None of the many etymologies of the names of the Dnieper rapids in the Rus’ people’s language from the De administrando imperio treatise have so far been completely convincing. Perhaps the researchers used the wrong language key in addition to paying lesser attention to the possible connections of the The hydronyms of the Rus’ language with the rapids names which were in use in subsequent centuries. An analysis of these connections, as well as examples of the language of Old Rus’, suggests that the names used in the work of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus had Latin roots. The features of the geographical environment reflected in the hydronyms, the flora of the region quite confidently correlate with the indications of the Byzantine treatise and other sources. Some features of the Dnieper hydronyms may indicate Vulgar Latin forms, including those dating back to medieval Balkan dialects, rather than classic. Keywords: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Dnieper rapids, Rus’ language, Norman Theory, Latin, hydronymy.
Keywords: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Dnieper rapids, Rus’ language, Norman Theory, Latin, hydronymy.
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Author's info: Aleksey Ye. Vinogradov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, independent researcher, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: alwynor@mail.ru