%0 Journal Article
%T OBSERVATIONS ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF TOPONYMIC ENDINGS IN ESTONIA
%A Peeter P£żll
%J Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri
%D 2012
%I University of Tartu
%X The article looks at the geographical distribution of toponymic endings with the aim of discovering significant patterns. The corpus includes ca. 9,000 oikonyms, of which 24% are those that have the analysed endings. Endings are recognized if names have at least3 syllables or have 2 syllables and the Q3 degree of quantity; in thesecases the existence of a toponymic suffix is most likely. In the case of endings that have multiple origins there are seemingly no specific distribution patterns, with the exception of some borrowed endings (e.g.-na or -va). In the case of typical toponymic suffixes -la, -ste and -vereeach of these are often concentrated into certain areas based on whichthe whole are of Estonia might be divided into regions: -vere-region(northern Tartumaa and northern Viljandimaa), -ste-region (V rumaa,southern Tartumaa, southern Viljandimaa and southern P rnumaa),-la-region (Virumaa, J rvamaa, Harjumaa) and a mixed region(L  nemaa, northern P rnumaa). The island of Saaremaa is dominated by -la-endings, Hiiumaa is either a mixed region or a -ste-region.
%K toponyms
%K toponymic suffixes
%K toponymic geography
%K etymology
%U http://jeful.ut.ee/public/files/Pall%20155-172.pdf