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ON SOME ORIENTAL ELEMENTS IN OLD NOVGORODIAN AND OTHER OLD RUSSIAN DIALECTS
ON SOME ORIENTAL ELEMENTS IN OLD NOVGORODIAN AND OTHER OLD RUSSIAN DIALECTS

Author(s): Klára Agyagási
Subject(s): Language studies, Historical Linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages, Turkic languages
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Turkic–Russian language contact; Volga Bulgarian; West Old Turkic loanwords in Russian; Wanderworts of Oriental origin;

Summary/Abstract: The author is aiming to interpret the historical connection between Old Russian kamka and Old Novgorodian õàìú ‘textile of silk damask’. She comes to the conclusion that the former is a borrowing from East Old Turkic qamqï, while the latter is a loan from West Old Turkic χamï. Both Old Turkic words are of Chinese origin.

  • Issue Year: 69/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 391-396
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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