Оустьѥ Вага

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1000‒1200 as ѫстие Вакꙑ (ǫstije Vaky, gen.).^[1] From оустьѥ (ustĭje) +‎ Вага (Vaga), literally “rivermouth of Vaga”. Compare Old East Slavic Устье Вага (Ustĭje Vaga), Russian Усть-Ва́га (Ustʹ-Vága).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Оус‧ть‧ѥ Ва‧га

Proper noun

Оустьѥ Вага • (Ustĭje Vaga) f

Ust-Vaga (a city in the Novgorod Republic, Kievan Rus)
- c. 1000 – 1200, Counting tag “Ust-Vaga”^[2], Novgorod (Troitsky excavation):
  ѫстие Вак[ꙑ]
  ǫstije Vak[y]
  Ust-Vaga
- c. 1080 – 1120, Wooden cylinder seal no. 19^[3], Novgorod (Troitsky excavation):
  оустье Вагꙑ мецьн[и]ць : мѣхъ :г: грвн:
  ustĭje Vagy mećĭn[i]ćĭ : měxŭ :g: grvn:
  Ust-Vaga. Sack of a tribute collector. 3 hryvnia.

Descendants

→ Old East Slavic: Устье Вага (Ustĭje Vaga)
- Russian: Усть-Ва́га (Ustʹ-Vága)

References

^ Rybina, E. A. (2020) “Заметки об атрибуции новгородских находок [Notes on attribution of Novgorod finds]”, in Khvoshchinskaya, N. V., editor, Археологические вести‎^[1] (in Russian), number 28, Saint Petersburg: IHMC RAS, →DOI, page 173‒181

[1] Rybina, E. A. (2020) “Заметки об атрибуции новгородских находок [Notes on attribution of Novgorod finds]”, in Khvoshchinskaya, N. V., editor, Археологические вести‎^[1] (in Russian), number 28, Saint Petersburg: IHMC RAS, →DOI, page 173‒181

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