Russian Names with the Stem Balah(o)n- in Historical and Etymological Perspective

The article analyzes the origin of Russian personal and place names with the stem Balah(o)n-. The author argues that originally the stem in question was part of the Old Novgorodian diminutive personal name or surname *Balahno formed from an abridged common noun starting with bala- by adding the suff...

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Main Author: Nikolai M. Shvarev
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta 2015-06-01
Series:Voprosy Onomastiki
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Online Access:http://onomastics.ru/sites/default/files/doi/10.15826/vopr_onom.2015.1.007.pdf