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The Balto-Finnic peoples have always formed their personal names using primarily personal name suffixes. After Christianizing, these peoples as most other European peoples have had Christian names: the Orthodox (Greek-Catholic) people... more
The Balto-Finnic peoples have always formed their personal names using primarily personal name suffixes. After Christianizing, these peoples as most other European peoples have had Christian names: the Orthodox (Greek-Catholic) people (Karelians, Vepsians, Votes and Ingrians or Izhorians) mostly names of Greek origin, the Roman-Catholics (from the 16th century the Lutherans) (Finns, Estonians, Livonians) names of Latin origin. The Balto-Finnic name suffixes occur in the hypocoristic modifications of the Christian names. The most popular and with great probability also the oldest Balto-Finnic name suffix is -'oi' ('-ęi'). According to old documents it occurs already in the pre-Christian names. The old Balto-Finnic place name with the suffix '-la' also consists of a personal name with the suffix '-oi' before the place name suffix '-la'. The suffix '-oi' is originally a diminutive suffix, although it has lost its diminutive character in n...
Research Interests: Onomastics and Cadastre
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The Balto-Finnic peoples have always formed their personal names using primarily personal name suffixes. After Christianizing, these peoples as most other European peoples have had Christian names: the Orthodox (Greek-Catholic) people... more
The Balto-Finnic peoples have always formed their personal names using primarily personal name suffixes. After Christianizing, these peoples as most other European peoples have had Christian names: the Orthodox (Greek-Catholic) people (Karelians, Vepsians, Votes and Ingrians or Izhorians) mostly names of Greek origin, the Roman-Catholics (from the 16th century the Lutherans) (Finns, Estonians, Livonians) names of Latin origin. The Balto-Finnic name suffixes occur in the hypocoristic modifications of the Christian names. The most popular and with great probability also the oldest Balto-Finnic name suffix is-oi (-ęi). According to old documents it occurs already in the pre-Christian names. The old Balto-Finnic place name with the suffix-la also consists of a personal name with the suffix-oi before the place name suffix-la. The suffix-oi is originally a diminutive suffix, although it has lost its diminutive character in names. In different Balto-Finnic languages it has preserved its pr...
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The Balto-Finnic peoples have always formed their personal names using primarily personal name suffixes. After Christianizing, these peoples as most other European peoples have had Christian names: the Orthodox (Greek-Catholic) people... more
The Balto-Finnic peoples have always formed their personal names using primarily personal name suffixes. After Christianizing, these peoples as most other European peoples have had Christian names: the Orthodox (Greek-Catholic) people (Karelians, Vepsians, Votes and Ingrians or Izhorians) mostly names of Greek origin, the Roman-Catholics (from the 16 th century the Lutherans) (Finns, Estonians, Livonians) names of Latin origin. The Balto-Finnic name suffixes occur in the hypocoristic modifications of the Christian names. The most popular and with great probability also the oldest Balto-Finnic name suffix is -oi (-ei). According to old documents it occurs already in the pre-Christian names. The old Balto-Finnic place name with the suffix -la also consists of a personal name with the suffix -oi before the place name suffix -la. The suffix -oi is originally a diminutive suffix, although it has lost its diminutive character in names. In different Balto-Finnic languages it has preserved ...
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... Vasilij, Vasja), Vol´o (Vladimir, Volodja); Karelian: Iivoi (Ivan), Jaakkoi (Jakov), Koljoi (Nikolai, Kolja), Kusmoi (Kuz'ma), Levoi ~ Lehvoi ... too, for example Ingrian: Iŕo (Russian Irina), KaDoi ~ Katoi (Ekaterina), Maŕo... more
... Vasilij, Vasja), Vol´o (Vladimir, Volodja); Karelian: Iivoi (Ivan), Jaakkoi (Jakov), Koljoi (Nikolai, Kolja), Kusmoi (Kuz'ma), Levoi ~ Lehvoi ... too, for example Ingrian: Iŕo (Russian Irina), KaDoi ~ Katoi (Ekaterina), Maŕo ~ Māroi (Marija, Mar'ja), Nastoi ~ Nāstoi (Anastasija, Nastja), OGoi ...