Пинега

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1120‒1150. From early *Пиньига (*Pinĭiga), from *Pinьjьga < *Pӗnьjьga < *Pēni-juga. Borrowed from Finnic languages, ultimately from Proto-Finnic *peeni (“little, small”) of unknown origin + *juka (“small river; waterfall”), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *juka, a variant of Proto-Uralic *joke (“river”). Literally, “small river”.[1] Compare Old East Slavic Пинега (Pinega), Russian Пи́нега (Pínega).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Пи‧не‧га

Proper noun

Пинега • (Pinega) f

  1. Pinega (a river and city in the Novgorod Republic, Kievan Rus) (one of the northernmost extreme border points of Kievan Rus)

Descendants

  • → Old East Slavic: Пинега (Pinega)

References

  1. ^ Helimski, Eugene (2006) “Северо-западная группа финно-угорских языков и ее субстратное наследие [The Northwestern Group of Finno-Ugric Languages and Its Substrate Heritage]”, in Matveev, A. K., editor, Вопросы ономастики [Problems of Onomastics]‎[1] (in Russian), number 3, Yekaterinburg: URFU, page 41

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