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Veel Kõnnu, Konnu ja Kunnu vahekorrast kohanimedes
More on kõnd, kond and kund in Estonian Place Names

Author(s): Marja Kallasmaa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: SA Kultuurileht
Keywords: Estonian; dialect vocabulary; place names

Summary/Abstract: The occurrence and areal distribution of the nouns kõnd : kõnnu and kond : konnu ’waste, wilderness’ as first components of Estonian place names is examined considering the possibility of deriving the etymology of the names Konuvere, Konnapere and Konnavere from kond : konnu.

  • Issue Year: LIV/2011
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 863-868
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Estonian
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