Abstract
The Old Russian personal names Volodimirъ, Vladimirъ and Volodimerъ form the basis for this study. The origin of the second component -merъ is controversial. Does it go back to Proto-Slavic *-měrъ or did it come from the Germanic languages? Up to now the extent of its occurrence in the Slavic languages has also been unclear. For this reason, more precise research was conducted on the basis of personal and place names in the Czech, Old Sorbian, Old Polabian and Polish language areas. Two place name maps illustrate the results for the Czech area. The component -mer of compound names could not be reliably verified in any of the four language areas. For South Slavic, several old names with -mer were found in Greek sources. Together with the few Old Russian compound names ending in -merъ this indicates a Proto-Slavic origin for this component.
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