VISHERA

• Authors: Maksim A. Yuyukin
• Languages of publication: RU

Abstracts

EN

In the article a new etymology of the river name Vishera (originally Věshera) is proposed. We explain it from the Slavonic stem *věx-[/*vix-] ‘bend’, ‘whirl’ (frequent in the Russian hydronymy) + the suffix -era attested in several other ancient toponyms of the land of Novgorod.

Keywords

EN

OLD RUSSIAN LANGUAGE; RIVER NAME; ETYMOLOGY

• Publisher: Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Onomastica
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 55
• Pages: 73–77

Contributors

author

Maksim A. Yuyukin

• author’s private address: ul. Moiseeva 47/55, 394055 Voronezh, Russia