Balto-Finnic Personal Name Systems
- Autores: Marje Joalaid
- Localización: ‘Names and Their Environment’: Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Glasgow, 25-29 August 2014 / Carole Hough (ed. lit.), Daria Izdebska (ed. lit.), 2016, ISBN 978-0-85261-947-6, págs. 123-130
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Balto-Finnic peoples have two main personal name systems: official and unofficial. For the small Balto-Finnic peoples in Russia – Karelians, Vepsians, Votes and Izhorians – the official personal name system is in the Russian language, but their own personal names belong to the unofficial personal name system. Nowadays Finns and Estonians have personal names of their own, earlier Finns also used Swedish personal names, but Estonians used German ones. The last Livonians used Lettish names, earlier German ones were used. The traditional first names of Lutheran (until the 16th century Roman Catholic) Finns, Estonians and Livonians are of Latin origin, but they have got them via Swedes and Germans. The first names of the orthodox Balto-Finnic peoples in Russia are of Greek origin, but they have got them via Russians. Orthodox Estonians in the south-east and on the islands of western Estonia have first name systems that are different both from each other and from the Lutheran Estonians. The personal name system of Ingermanland Finns differs a little from the personal name systems in Finland. The unofficial anthroponymic systems of the Balto-Finnic peoples have their similarities being rich in personal name suffixes.
