Marijampolės apskrities Marijampolės valsčiaus vietovardžių darybos ir kilmės polinkiai
Tendencies in the origin and formation of place names in the Marijampolė district

Summary/Abstract: An attempt is here undertaken to analyse the toponymy of one borough in the Marijampolė district with regard to formation and origin. The investigation is based on authentic material from pre-war Lithuanian questionnaires, now in the collections of the Onomastics Department of the Institute of the Lithuanian Language. The toponyms are classified into water names, names of settlements and field names. With regard to origin, names derived from appellatives predominate and make up 71% of the hydronyms and 61% of the field names. Names of settlements are more often (in 70% of the cases) based on proper names, or on appellatives referring to persons. With regard to derivational type, secondary place names clearly predominate and make up 66% of the names of settlements and 86% of the water names.

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