Вага

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Old Novgorodian

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Вага

Etymology

First attested in c. 1000‒1200 as Вакꙑ (Vaky, gen.). Borrowed from Finnic languages, cf. Karelian vaka, Ludian vaga-, Votic vaka, Ingrian vaka, Finnish vakaa, ultimately from Proto-Finnic *vaka, from earlier *waka (“calm; steady, stable”), further origins unclear. Literally, “stable, calm river”. Compare Old East Slavic Вага (Vaga), Russian Ва́га (Vága).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ва‧га

Proper noun

Вага • (Vaga) f

  1. Vaga (a river in the Novgorod Republic, Kievan Rus)
    • c. 1000 – 1200, Counting tag “Ust-Vaga”, Novgorod (Troitsky excavation):
      ѫстие Вак
      ǫstije Vak
      Ust-Vaga
    • c. 1080 – 1120, Wooden cylinder seal no. 19, Novgorod (Troitsky excavation):
      оустье Вагꙑ мецьнць : мѣхъ :г: грвн:
      ustĭje Vagy mećĭnćĭ : měxŭ :g: grvn:
      Ust-Vaga . Sack of a tribute collector. 3 hryvnia.
    • c. 1180 – 1200, Wooden cylinder seal no. 30, Novgorod (Troitsky excavation):
      наклади съ ·в· гр҃ивн меч-е | Ваа
      nakladi sŭ ·v· gr:ivn meć-je | Vaa
      Interest from 2 hryvnia. Tribute collector's. Vaga .

Derived terms

proper nouns

Descendants

  • → Old East Slavic: Вага (Vaga)

References

  1. ^ Rybina, E. A. (2020) “Заметки об атрибуции новгородских находок ”, in Khvoshchinskaya, N. V., editor, Археологические вести‎ (in Russian), number 28, Saint Petersburg: IHMC RAS, →DOI, page 173‒181
  2. ^ Helimski, Eugene (2006) “Северо-западная группа финно-угорских языков и ее субстратное наследие ”, in Matveev, A. K., editor, Вопросы ономастики ‎ (in Russian), number 3, Yekaterinburg: URFU, page 47

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