MICROTOPONYMY OF TRANSCARPATHIA – A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF ETYMOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF ANCIENT UKRAINIAN ANTHROPONYMIKON

Abstract

The article is devoted to the word-forming analysis of anthroponymic microtoponyms recorded in the 1st third of the 20th century in Transcarpathia. This is one of the long-settled regions of Ukraine, where the autochthonous Ukrainian population has long been in contact with non-Slavic ethnic groups – Hungarian and Romanian. The names of small geographical objects are taken from the works of the famous philologist and historian O.L. Petrova "Carpatorian boundary names from the mid-19th and early 20th centuries." (Prague, 1929). The object of research is microtoponyms Domaradzh, Simir, Pushchatyno, Radomyr (Radomir) and Sobatyn. The given names are united by their possessive structure and their anthroponymic origin. Much attention is given to structural and etymological analysis of creative anthroponyms Домарадъ, *Сіміръ, *Пущата, Радомиръ and *Собата. The semantics of the anthroponymic bases of these names has been clarified, their derivational connection with the corresponding two-base personal names and hypocoristics has been substantiated. Primary forms have been established for the names *Сіміръ and *Собата – Вьсемиръ / Вьсемѣръ, Соб’ята. The proanthroponym *Domaradъ has been reconstructed. Conclusions are drawn about the importance of the microtoponymy of Transcarpathia as a source base for the etymological study of ancient Slavic anthroponyms based on the structural and lexical analysis of the specified microtoponyms derived from Slavic dibasic names and their structural variants. It is specially noted that the microtoponymy of long-settled regions Ukrainian regions, in particular Transcarpathia, is part of the Slavic microtoponymicon. This presents researchers with the promising task of collecting, systematizing and expertly analyzing the names of small geographical objects within the boundaries of all of Slavia.