Genesis of meteorological vocabulary of the Udmurt language
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Doctor of Philological Sciences, Institute of Language, Literature and History, Komi Science Centre of Ural Branch of the RAS Syktyvkar, Russia [email protected]
Abstract. Meteorological vocabulary belongs to the basic vocabulary of the Udmurt language and has ancient origins. It is a multicomponent (by subject and conceptual content) and multilayer (by origin) independent system. From the point of view of origin there are primordial formations and borrowings in the meteorological vocabulary. The primordial fund has all components of the ancient vocabulary: proto-Uralic, proto-Finno-Ugric, proto-Finno-Permian and proto-Permian. This category of meteonyms has genetic parallels in most modern Finno-Ugric (Uralic) languages. The Udmurt formations that emerged after the disintegration of the protoPermian linguistic community take the top position in the hierarchy of the primordial vocabulary. They are used only on the territory of residence of the Udmurts and are unknown to bearers of other Permian languages. Borrowings are contained in all five micro-systems of meteorological vocabulary. Only two meteonyms of ancient Bulgarian origin refer to early penetrations. The group of late borrowings consists of three types of foreign language vocabulary – designations of Russian, Mari and Turkic origin. In the result of the study the main stages of formation and development of the Udmurt meteorological vocabulary are established.
Key words: the Udmurt language, meteorological vocabulary, primordial fund, types of borrowings.
Abstract. Meteorological vocabulary belongs to the basic vocabulary of the Udmurt language and has ancient origins. It is a multicomponent (by subject and conceptual content) and multilayer (by origin) independent system. From the point of view of origin there are primordial formations and borrowings in the meteorological vocabulary. The primordial fund has all components of the ancient vocabulary: proto-Uralic, proto-Finno-Ugric, proto-Finno-Permian and proto-Permian. This category of meteonyms has genetic parallels in most modern Finno-Ugric (Uralic) languages. The Udmurt formations that emerged after the disintegration of the protoPermian linguistic community take the top position in the hierarchy of the primordial vocabulary. They are used only on the territory of residence of the Udmurts and are unknown to bearers of other Permian languages. Borrowings are contained in all five micro-systems of meteorological vocabulary. Only two meteonyms of ancient Bulgarian origin refer to early penetrations. The group of late borrowings consists of three types of foreign language vocabulary – designations of Russian, Mari and Turkic origin. In the result of the study the main stages of formation and development of the Udmurt meteorological vocabulary are established.
Key words: the Udmurt language, meteorological vocabulary, primordial fund, types of borrowings.
