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- Title
WIE DER WEGERICH IN DEN OSTSEEFINNISCHEN SPRACHEN ZU SEINEM NAMEN KAM.
- Authors
Oja, Vilja
- Abstract
The plantain (Plantago) has many names in Finnic languages. Names motivated by 'road' as the habitat of the plant can be found not only in every Finnic language, but also in most of their more distant relatives. A number of names can be associated with the use of the plant in folk medicine. It is believed that the derivatives of and compounds with the norm rauta 'iron' used in Finnish dialects also belong here. Other aspects, such as, e.g. the plant's appearance or its use in games, have motivated names with but a limited area of distribution. In the rest of Finno-Ugric languages spoken in Europe, many more names can be associated with the appearance of the plant, whereas its healing qualifies are reflected much more seldom than in the Finnic languages.
- Subjects
FINNIC languages; PLANTAGO; NAMES; BOTANICAL nomenclature; TRADITIONAL medicine; DIALECTS
- Publication
Linguistica Uralica, 2005, Vol 41, Issue 4, p248
- ISSN
0868-4731
- Publication type
Article