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Unraveling Vilnius County Drymonymy: the Case of Metonymy

Abstract

The primary objective of this study is to provide insights into the metonymic patterns exhibited by drymonyms within present-day Vilnius County. The research focuses on a selection of 696 names extracted from a total of 787 officially functioning drymonyms found in the territory of Vilnius County. Data for the study were collected from various sources, including printed materials, electronic resources, and interactive maps. The research findings underscore the prevalence of metonymic thinking in forming drymonyms. Three distinct metonymic models emerged from the analysis: PLACE FOR THE PLACE, SALIENT FEATURE FOR THE PLACE, and PERSON FOR THE PLACE. The PLACE FOR THE PLACE model proved highly productive, yielding 570 drymonyms. The SALIENT FEATURE FOR THE PLACE model was linked to 100 drymonyms. The PERSON FOR THE PLACE model influenced the naming of 26 drymonyms.

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Unraveling Vilnius County Drymonymy: the Case of Metonymy

Author: Alisa Stunžaitė
Year: 2023
DOI: 10.35321/all89-11
Source: https://journals.lki.lt/actalinguisticalithuanica/article/download/2286/2357
236 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXIX
ALISA STUNŽAITĖ
Ins i u e o he Li huanian Language
ORCID id: o cid.o g/0000-0002-4816-2629
Fields o esea ch: Toponymy, Cogni i e Onomas ics,
Cogni i e Seman ics.
DOI: doi.o g/10.35321/all89-11
UNRAVELING VILNIUS
COUNTY DRYMONYMY:
THE CASE OF METONYMY
Vilniaus apsk i ies d imonimijos analizė:
me onimijos a ejis
ANNOTATION
The p ima y objec i e o his s udy is o p o ide insigh s in o he me onymic pa e ns
exhibi ed by d ymonyms wi hin p esen -day Vilnius Coun y. The esea ch ocuses on a
selec ion o 696 names ex ac ed om a o al o 787 o icially unc ioning d ymonyms
ound in he e i o y o Vilnius Coun y. Da a o he s udy we e collec ed om a ious
sou ces, including p in ed ma e ials, elec onic esou ces, and in e ac i e maps. The
esea ch indings unde sco e he p e alence o me onymic hinking in o ming d ymonyms.
Th ee dis inc me onymic models eme ged om he analysis: pL ac e o h e pL ac e, saL ien
ea u e o he pL ac e , and pe son o he p L ace . h e pL ac e o he p L ac e model
p o ed highly p oduc i e, yielding 570 d ymonyms. The saLi en e a u e o he pL ac e
model was linked o 100 d ymonyms. The pe son o he p L ac e model in luenced he
naming o 26 d ymonyms.
KEYWORDS: Vilnius Coun y, d ymonyms, me onymy, me onymic models,
cogni i e onomas ics.
ANOTACIJA
Šiuo y imu siekiama nus a y i, kokie me oniminiai modeliai dominuoja Vilniaus
apsk i ies d imonimijoje. Iš ašy inių i elek oninių šal inių bei in e ak y ių žemėlapių
y imui bu o su ink i 787 d imonimai, unkcionuojan ys daba inėje Vilniaus apsk i yje.
Ty imo ezul a ai a skleidė 696 Vilniaus apsk i ies d imonimų me oniminę p igim į. Minė i
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a dai siejami su šiais me oniminiais modeliais: ie a ie oj ie os, išski inė ypa ybė
ie oj ie os i žmogus ie oj ie os. I in p oduk y us modelis, pagal ku į suda y a 570
d imonimų, ie a i e oj i e os . Me oniminis modelis išski inė ypa ybė ie oj ie os
siejamas su 100 d imonimų. Pagal modelį žmogus ie oj ie os bu o į a din i 26 Vilniaus
apsk i ies miškai.
ESMINIAI ŽODŽIAI: Vilniaus apsk i is, d imonimai, me onimija, me oniminiai modeliai,
kogni y inė onomas ika.
INTRODUCTION
P ope names, esp. oponyms, cons i u e an in eg al pa o language
analogous o any o he lexical uni s. Unlike o dina y wo ds, names a e imbued
wi h dis inc conno a ions and seman ic implica ions. Though some p ope
names may ini ially appea o se e pu ely e e en ial unc ions, an examina ion
h ough he lens o cogni i e onomas ics un eils hei in insic na a i e
signi icance. Such designa ions eme ge om he in e play be ween indi iduals
and speci ic loca ions, bes owing upon hem subs an i e impo , pa icula ly
o hei use s (Ainiala, Ös man 2017: 5). Indeed, names wield he capaci y o
elici eminiscences, an asies, linguis ic compe encies, and emo ional esponses
(Nys öm 2016: 40). Fu he mo e, hey possess he acul y o elici speci ic
cogni i e p ocesses by augmen ing he con en o a oponym (Be ezo ič 1991:
75; Langendonck 2013). Consequen ly, names anscend me e labels; ins ead,
hey bea p o ound cul u al signi icance, augmen ing he o e all alue o he
language hey employ.
Following he pos ula es o cogni i e linguis ics, he meaning o he onyms
does no eme ge in isola ion; ins ead, i is cons uc ed. In o he wo ds, i ollows
he p ocess o concep ualiza ion ha encompasses a my iad o ac o s, ex ending
beyond p eexis ing known concep s and unique pe sonal expe iences o an
indi idual (Langacke 2006: 30; Boldy e 2016: 32). The concep exhibi s
mul idimensionali y and can be analogized o an image cha ac e ized by
indis inc bounda ies (Lako , Johnson 1980: 3; Guda ičius 2011: 109, 112–
113). Howe e , a po en ial misin e p e a ion exis s conce ning he equi alence
o a concep o a wo d’s meaning (Ke e ičienė 2009: 5). The lexical meaning
is a s a ing poin o concep decoding. Howe e , i should no be o e looked
ha concep s a e abs ac en i ies. They necessi a e a mode o mani es a ion,
and a his poin , language se es as a p ima y medium o hei exp ession. As
meanings o he wo ds a e s o ed in he dic iona ies, concep s ind hei abode
in he men al lexicon. In his cogni i e eposi o y, all accumula ed knowledge
is s o ed o e an indi idual’s li e ime. Consequen ly, any concei able obs acles
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ha hinde comp ehension can be p ecisely dema ca ed and subsequen ly
a icula ed h ough language, whe ein he concep ual con en aligns wi h he
meanings a ilia ed wi h pa icula wo ds (Ka penko, Golubenko 2015: 286;
Nys öm 2016: 43).
The p ocess o concep ualiza ion is achie ed h ough a ious mechanisms
o hough . One such mechanism, ex ensi ely discussed o e he pas decade,
is he heo y o concep ual me apho (Gibbs 1994: 123–124; C o 2000: 197;
Lako , Johnson 1980: 4), which is beyond he scope o his a icle. Ins ead,
his esea ch will concen a e on he mani es a ion o me onymic hinking as
e iden in oponymy esp. d ymonymy. To commence, i is essen ial o cla i y
he concep o me onymy i sel .
Me onymic hinking cons i u es a p ominen ace o human cogni ion,
illumina ing he in icacies o language use, comp ehension, and a ious
cogni i e in e ac ions (Gibbs 1999: 61, 66). Essen ially, me onymy se es as
a cogni i e and linguis ic ool o ep esen ing uni e sal ca ego ies p e alen
in he human mind; i in ol es a pa e n o comp ehending one objec using
i s associa ion wi h ano he , pa icula ly when bo h objec s coexis wi hin he
same domain (Kö ecses, Gün e 1999: 21; Ke e ičienė 2009: 14–15). This
implies ha an objec ’s p oximi y and connec edness a e b oadly conside ed.
The ans e o names occu s be ween objec s ela ed in a ious ways: spa ially,
si ua ionally, s uc u ally, his o ically, and mo e. Acco ding o Ju ij Ka penko
(1980: 49), any oponymic a ea is inhe en ly p edisposed o ex end beyond i s
con ines, p ima ily h ough he mig a ion o p ope names, o ma ions based
on analogy, and o he sub le oponymic p ocesses.
Building upon he no ion ha onyms can be subjec o analysis h ough
he p ism o o he names, schola ly in es iga ions ha e been di ec ed owa d
explica ing p e alen models o me onymic name-gi ing. P esen ly, he
ep esen a i es o cogni i e onomas ics do no doub ha me onymy uly is one
o he key means o name o ma ion (Langendonck 2007: 4; Rapa 2019: 38). In
his ega d, Ka alin Reszegi (2022) has iden i ied se e al models ex ac ed om
coun y-le el oponym collec ions. These models include he PLACE FOR THE
PLACE scheme, g ounded in spa ial ela ionships, alongside o he schemes like
PERSON FOR THE PLACE, VEGETATION FOR THE PLACE, ANIMAL FOR THE
PLACE, e c. No ably, Pie e A naud (2022) has made analogous disco e ies;
howe e , he has chosen o adop a mo e encompassing designa ion, namely,
SALIENT FEATURE FOR THE PLACE, which encapsula es speci ic pa e ns
obse ed in me onymic name-gi ing. Gi en me onymy’s pe cei ed po en ial as
a p oduc i e sou ce wi hin he oponymic domain, he decision has been made
o conduc an in-dep h examina ion o Li huania’s oponymic sys em, ocusing
on he class o d ymonyms in Vilnius Coun y.
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The p esen s udy ad oca es adop ing a comp ehensi e in e p e a ion o he
d ymonyms, aligning wi h he Eas e n-Eu opean adi ion. This ype o oponym
deno es names associa ed wi h wooded a eas, such as o es s, pine g o es, and
any o he a eas co e ed wi h woods (Nikono 1966: 124; Supe anskaja 1973:
186; Podol’skaja 1988: 57). In egional onomas ic esea ch, he equi alen e m
mško adas, signi ying o es name, is commonly employed (S ide skienė 2006;
Mickienė 2019), and will also be used in e changeably wi h he e m d ymonym.
The ield o Li huanian d ymonymy has ye o be comp ehensi ely discussed.
Wi hou a doub , Ilona Mickienė’s subs an ial schola ly con ibu ions (2001,
2004, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019) hold undeniable signi icance. O e nea ly
wo decades, he esea ch has been dedica ed o explo ing he de i a ional
aspec o d ymonyms in No he n Li huania. While he e ha e been some
limi ed episodic analyses by Rena a Endzely ė (2003, 2005), Ne ija Ba ku ė
(2006, 2008), and Dalia S ide skienė (2006), i is essen ial o no e ha none o
hese s udies ha e app oached he subjec o d ymonyms om he pe spec i e
o cogni i e onomas ics. Howe e , implemen ing he al e na i e app oach
could en ich he pa adigm o Li huanian onomas ic s udies as i may unco e
he na a i e aspec s he onyms hold. In o he wo ds, he cogni i e app oach
could cla i y how complex ideas and expe iences become imp in ed in he local
oponymy. D ymonyms ha e he po en ial o un eil in iguing peculia i ies o
hough inhe en in hei s uc u e. The e o e, heaim o he cu en esea ch
is o iden i y me onymic models e lec ed in he d ymonyms o p esen -day
Vilnius Coun y.
The esea ch ma e ial and sou ces encompass 696 me onymy-based
d ymonyms, cons i u ing he ocus o he cu en s udy. F om a co pus o 787
d ymonyms p esen ly in o icial use wi hin he geog aphical con ines o Vilnius
Coun y, hese speci ic onyms we e ca e ully selec ed. The da a collec ion
in ol ed bo h elec onic and p in ed e e ences and sou ces.1 Omi ed om
he esea ch a e d ymonyms wi h an inhe en ambigui y in hei na u e. These
names migh ha e been in luenced by polysemous appella i es o an appella i e
and/o p ope nouns. Including such cases could in oduce a ia ions in luenced
by me onymic models, he eby impac ing he s udy’s esul s. Consequen ly,
he decision was made o analyze he d ymonyms o clea seman ics. In
deciphe ing he o igins o d ymonyms oo ed in appella i es, dic iona ies o he
Li huanian, Polish, Russian, and Belo ussian languages se ed as key e e ences.
1 The main esea ch ma e ial collec ion sou ces we e: he Po al o Spacial In o ma ion o Li huania
(GP), Onomas icon o Li huania’s Fo es s (LMV), and Dic iona y o Li huanian Place Names
(LVŽ I, II, III, IV), also see D ymonym Sou ces & Re e ences.
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A comp ehensi e app oach was adop ed o d ymonyms de i ed om pe sonal
nouns, inco po a ing elec onic and p in ed sou ces o e i ica ion.2
Resea ch me hodology. The cu en esea ch adhe es o he cogni i e
onomas ics adi ion, asse ing he inhe en meaning ulness o all names.
The analy ical amewo k o examining d ymonyms is adap ed om Nicola
Dob ić’s (2010) p oposal, which en ails sc u inizing he concep ualiza ion
o hese onyms h ough sou ce and a ge domains, ep esen ed as sou ce →
concep ual s uc u e → domain. Howe e , since ou ocus lies on in es iga ing
me onymic models exclusi ely, we simpli y he model o concep ual con en
ealiza ion o sou ce → a ge , highligh ing he ans e o he concep om one
en i y o ano he .
Ce ain cases unde in es iga ion necessi a e a mo e comp ehensi e
elucida ion, and hus, we employ esea ch models in oduced by Aleksand as
Vanagas (1981), S ide skienė (2016, 2017, 2019, 2022), Ilona Mickienė, Ri a
Ba anauskienė (2019), Pa el Sko upa (2019, 2021, 2021a, 2023), among o he s.
In his s udy, he analysis o d ymonyms is app oached h ough h ee o e a ching
gene ic me onymic models: I. PLACE FOR THE PLACE, II. SALIENT FEATURE
FOR THE PLACE, and PERSON FOR THE PLACE, a e u he subca ego ized in o
mo e speci ic models.
1. METONYMIC MODEL:
PLACE FOR THE PLACE
The me onymic model PLACE FOR THE PLACE has been well-es ablished
in he onomas ic domain as ansonimiza ion, signi ying he ans e o onyms
om one class o ano he (Podol’skaja 1988: 87). This comp ehensi e de ini ion
encompasses di e se possibili ies o in e ac ions among p ope names, he eby
emphasizing a wide- anging comp ehension o he phenomenon’s essence.
F om a cogni i e s andpoin , his ype o ansi ion can be classi ied as
me onymy. This implies ha objec s’ p oximi y and con igui y a e ex ensi ely
conside ed. Such names also con ibu e o a be e comp ehension o he
ela ionship be ween a ious oponymic objec s, making i easy o ecognize he
mani es a ion o me onymic hinking (Ma ke , Nassim 2006: 2; Reszegi 2012:
5). The cu en a icle p oposes o dis inguish be ween wo dominan a ge
domains: se lemen s and aqua ic ea u es. Howe e , his model is commonly
2 See Re e ences.

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linked o he salien ea u es o he loca ion.3 The cu en a icle dis inguishes
be ween he d ymonyms mo i a ed by o he onyms, hus linking hem o a
speci ic place, and hose mo i a ed by appella i e o ms associa ing hese wi h
salien loca ion ea u es. The d ymonyms ha all in o he ca ego ies based on
o he onyms a e analyzed below.
1.1. Se lemen o he Fo es
Mos d ymonyms iden i ied in Vilnius Coun y ha e o igins in he nea by
se lemen s. Conside ing he ex ensi e scope o his esea ch, only he mos
p o o ypical and dis inguished examples a e p esen ed he ein. In o al, 546
d ymonyms adhe e o his me onymic pa e n. Acco ding o Reszegi (2022:
209), a new name may eme ge, e e ing o a b oade space; he new name
beholds a close ela ionship wi h he o iginal meaning o he name ha inspi ed
i . Gi en he syn he ic na u e o he Li huanian language, whe ein lexical
i ems change o ms h ough in lec ions, he newly coined names a e usually
ep esen ed h ough Possessi e case (Li h. Kilmininko linksnis), which may
exp ess an immense ap i ude o a ious ela ionships, including possession/
owne ship (Vaičienė 214: 320). These d ymonyms also ha e an addi ional lexical
componen , mškas, which ansla es o he o es . The e o e, such me onynies
could be obse ed: A ižónys (Š D) → A ižoni mškas (Š D), Bago liai
(El D) → Bago lių mškas (El D), Bùikos (Šlčn D) → Bùikų mškas (Šlčn
D), Gelẽdnė (Š nč D) → Gelẽdnės mškas (Š nč D), Gi ulia (V D) →
Gi uli mškas (V D), Kaka eka (Ukm D) → Kaka ekos mškas (Ukm D),
Semelškės (El D) → Semelškių mškas (T ak D), and o he .
A compa able ela ionship is e iden in ce ain d ymonyms, whe e he second
lexical componen assumes a mo e p ecise seman ic signi icance. Fo illus a i e
pu poses, le us conside he ollowing examples: Ba sniškės (El D) →
Ba sniškių eglýnas (El D), whe ein he Li huanian wo d eglýnas designa es a
‘ i o es ’, he eby p o iding speci ic in o ma ion abou he ege a i e species.
In ano he ins ance, Beliónys (Š čn D) → Belioni šilẽlis (Š čn D) he second
componen Li h. šlas deno es ‘a o es o all, s aigh coni e s (especially pines)
g owing in sand dunes’. Mo eo e , he Li h. Su . -el-4 he e possibly con eys he
concep o smallness, he ma ke wo d šilẽlis e eals he p e ailing ege a ion
cha ac e is ic o he loca ion.
3 C . A naud 2022.
4 C . U bu is 2009: 330.
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In ano he illus a i e example, he oponym ans o ma ion Šešuõliai (Ukm
D) → Šešuõlių gi ià (Ukm D) employs he Li huanian wo d gi ià o con ey he
no ion o a ‘big o es ’, e ec i ely accen ua ing he ex ensi e dimensions o he
wooded a ea. Simila ly, in he case o Ba nai (Ml D) → Ba nų gi ẽlė (Ukm
D) he Li h. Su . -el- is added o he ma ke wo d, hus signi ying pleasu e. Bo h
second lexical componen s o hese d ymonyms dis inc ly e lec he o es ype.
In Janu kà (V D) → Janù kos ais ẽlis (El D), he Li huanian wo d ais ẽlis,
a diminu i e o as as signi ying ‘a s icky place co e ed wi h bushes o ees, a
swamp’, impa s u he de ails ega ding he landscape. Mo eo e , he Li huanian
su ix -el- con eys he no ion o smallness o pleasu e in his con ex .5
An in iguing example o a second lexical componen can be ound in
Gudẽliai (Šlčn D) → Gudẽlių kẽlias (Šlčn D) whe ein he Li h. kẽlias is linked
o he meaning o oad. Upon examining he map, i becomes appa en ha his
ma ke holds no peculia i y, as i is e iden ha he oad leading o Gudẽliai
passes h ough his wooded a ea.
Ano he cap i a ing illus a ion is ound in Naujenos (T ak D) → Naujien
salà (T ak D), whe e he Li h. salà signi ies ‘an a ea o land su ounded by
wa e ’. This pa icula ma ke choice could be a ibu ed o he obse a ion ha
upon close examina ion o he su oundings, i becomes e iden ha wa e
s ems, including he G ãžupis Ri e and smalle s eams, enci cle he o es . A
pa allel ma ke salà is likewise obse ed in Tl ai (T ak D) → Tl ų salà (T ak
D), whe ein he o es is also encompassed by wa e s ems. No ably, bo h o
hese d ymonyms a e si ua ed wi hin he con ines o he same dis ic , which
may sugges a cul u al peculia i y in he name-gi ing p ocess, conside ing he
absence o such ma ke s in o he dis ic s o Vilnius Coun y.
Ce ain d ymonyms exhibi he employmen o double o e en iple ma ke s,
as exempli ied by An ãkalnis (V D) → An ãkalnio šlo mško pá kas (V D). In
his ins ance, he oponym o e s supplemen a y de ails conce ning he p e alen
ege a ion, wi h Li h. šlas con eys he concep o ‘a o es o all, s aigh coni e s
(especially pines) g owing in sand dunes’, while Li h. pá kas deno es a ‘pa k’,
he eby implying he ec ea ional pu pose a ibu ed o he o es .
Rema kably, a ecu ing naming con en ion, whe ein he second lexical
componen is pá kas eme ges as a p e alen end in u ban a eas. This is e iden
om he nume ous d ymonyms wi hin he con ines o Vilnius municipali y
dis ic , ea u ing his speci ic elemen . Fo ins ance, Bukčia (V D) → Bukči
mško pá kas (V D), Ga inai (V D) → Ga inų mško pá kas (V D),
Fabijõniškės (V D) → Fabijõniškių mško pá kas (V D), and se e al o he s
exempli y his pa e n.
5 Ibid.
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I is pe inen o unde sco e ha speci ic d ymonyms encompass a
combina ion o mul iple se lemen s alongside a speci ying lexical elemen ,
no ably mškas ( o es ). These composi e onyms imply an in e ed p oxima e
spa ial ela ionship o bo h se lemen s: Ne ã ai (V D), G giškės (V D) →
Ne ã ų-G giškių mškas (V D), Vaiš ai (Šlčn D), T buškės (Šlčn D) →
Vaiš ų-T buškių mškas (Šlčn D). Wi hin his con ex , he p esence o
d ymonyms ea u ing mul iple ma ke s is wo h no ing, akin o he p e iously
discussed models. Examples o such dual ma ke s, like mško pá kas, can be
ound in such o es names as Visõ iai (V D), Bajõ ai (V D) → Visõ ių-
Bajõ ų mško pá kas (V D).
Con as i ely, some d ymonyms encompass he se lemen ’s name wi hou
i s associa ed ma ke . In such cases, hese d ymonyms unc ion as uni ying
elemen s o space, implying a sha ed a ilia ion wi h bo h inhabi ed a eas.
To illus a e his phenomenon, he ollowing examples may be conside ed:
Mãžosios Slos (Šlčn D), Ddžiosios Slos (Šlčn D) → Slų mškas (Šlčn
D), Naũjosios Raklškės (Šlčn D), Sẽnosios Raklškės (Šlčn D) → Raklškių
mškas (Šlčn D).
The me onymic co ela ion linking he se lemen and he o es becomes
appa en in d ymonyms ha employ he Li huanian p e ix pa-. This p e ix
con en ionally impa s a no ion o p oximi y o he objec deno ed by he p ima y
e m (LKG I 424). Consequen ly, hese d ymonyms adop he implica ion o
being loca ed a he pe iphe y o he inhabi ed a ea. The subsequen ins ances
exempli y his phenomenon: Leñ a is (V D) → Paleñ a io mškas (V D),
Daildžiai (Š D) → Padaildžių mškas (Š D).
By applying he me onymic SETTLEMENT FOR THE FOREST model, one
can glean insigh s in o he his o ical ajec o y o he coun y’s de elopmen .
I is an icipa ed ha pa icula se lemen s will ise o p ominence while o he s
g adually ade. Those se lemen s ha ha e anished om he geog aphical maps
o Vilnius Coun y endu e h ough he d ymonyms hey once mo i a ed. These
se lemen s migh ha e unde gone shi s in hei o icial names, as e idenced
by ins ance Gališkė (Š čn D) → Gališkės mškas (Š čn D), I ičizna (T ak
D)6 → I ičiznos miškas (T ak D), o we e abolished as Plačia lė (Ukm D) →
Plačia lės mškas (Ukm D).
An in iguing ins ance o he me onymic model can be obse ed, as
exempli ied by he case like Š eicã ai (V D) → Š eicã ijos mškas (V D). In
his pa icula example, he oponym o he se lemen , Š eicã ai, is de i ed om
he name o he na ion, he Swiss. In con as , he d ymonym, Š eicã ijos mškas,
is p edica ed upon he name o he coun y – Swi ze land. This illus a ion
6 Now Ba bõ iškės (T ak D).
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aises in iguing conside a ions, po en ially oo ed in he landscape analogy. I
is impo an o acknowledge ha Swi ze land is enowned o i s moun ainous
opog aphy, a ea u e ha di e ges om Li huania’s absen p ominen moun ain
anges. Ne e heless, he wooded a ea in ques ion is si ua ed on undula ing
e ain, which esona es wi h local u banonyms such as Aukš óji s ., conno ing
High S ee .
Upon ca e ul examina ion, i is clea ha se lemen -based me onymy is a
p oli ic sou ce o mo i a ion o Li huanian d ymonyms. I is possible o deciphe
spa ial co ela ions among opog aphic elemen s and unco e he nuanced
ways pa icula ma ke s o e aluable in o ma ion conce ning o es a ibu es
and unique landscape ai s employing he SETTLEMENT FOR THE FOREST
model. D ymonyms ha ind hei o igins in se lemen s hold a dis inc i e
ole as cus odians o his o ical memo y. They signi y he exis ence o bygone
inhabi ed a eas and encapsula e he essence o hese anished locales. This
phenomenon unde sco es he in ica e in e play be ween linguis ic exp ession
and he cul u al and geog aphical his o y o he egion, shedding ligh on he
in ica e laye s o meaning embedded wi hin oponyms.
1.2. Aqua ic Fea u e o he Fo es
Wa e bodies hold immense impo ance in human ac i i ies and consequen ly
eme ge as p ominen ea u es wi hin a geog aphical egion. Thei pi o al ole in
shaping he landscape and in luencing human se lemen s ende s hem in eg al
componen s o he local oponymic ab ic. His o ically, wa e bodies ha e
se ed as sou ces o sus enance, ade ou es, and places o cul u al signi icance,
making hem ocal poin s o human se lemen s and ac i i ies. These names
p o ide a sense o place and se e as links be ween he wa e body and o he
oponymic en i ies in he icini y (Reszegi 2022; Sko upa 2023: 231). As a
esul , he oponymic nomencla u e c ea es a seman ic in e connec edness ha
impa s a deepe unde s anding o he egion’s spa ial ela ionships and cul u al
landscape.
Al hough one could a gue ha i e s, lakes, and ponds o en unc ion as
salien ea u es wi hin a loca ion, in his con ex , i is wo h ci ing Vanagas
(1981: 35), gi en his insigh ul obse a ion ha i e s, among a ious
geog aphical a ibu es, can unc ion as dis inc ma ke s o a locale when hey
exhibi dis inc i e cha ac e is ics wi hin he b oade geog aphical con ex .
A delibe a e decision has been made o encompass d ymonyms ha d aw
inspi a ion om o he oponyms wi hin he o e a ching me onymic amewo k
o PLACE FOR THE PLACE, i.e., AQUATIC FEATURE FOR THE FOREST ins ead
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names aise no ques ions, as hey s aigh o wa dly indica e he concen a ion
o people in speci ic a eas. Ne e heless, hese names o e in iguing insigh s
om he pe spec i e o cogni i e onomas ics due o hei less ob ious and mo e
complex concep ualiza ion model. To gain insigh in o he mo i a ions behind
hese d ymonyms, i is essen ial o del e in o he unde lying concep ha hese
names encapsula e. This in ol es me iculous analysis o each unique case, as
he mo i a ions can a y signi ican ly. Howe e , wha emains consis en ac oss
all an h oponymic oponyms is he implica ion ha an indi idual o g oup
o indi iduals held some o m o signi icance. Fo ins ance, as San a Rapa
(2019: 39) no es, he names o o es gua ds may emain encapsula ed in he
d ymonyms. In his a icle, a he han del ing in o po en ial easons o he
coinage o hese names, he ocus will be on p o iding an o e iew o he
d ymonyms oo ed in pe sonal names. A o al o 26 o es names all unde his
ca ego y, o igina ing pu ely om an h oponyms and ollowing he me onymic
model o PERSON FOR THE FOREST.
Commonly, he d ymonyms e lec ing he accumula ion o people in one
place a e cha ac e ized by he u iliza ion o plu al o ms de i ed om mo i a ing
pa onyms. An illus a i e example is Kišknų mškas (Š čn D), which is belie ed
o ha e been inspi ed by he Li h. pa onym Kišknas (PDBe). This co ela ion
gains alidi y om he ac ha he Li h. pa onym Kišknas is documen ed in he
same geog aphical a ea, speci ically wi hin he Ka anėnai Elde ship, whe e he
o es Kišknų mškas (Š čn D) is si ua ed. Thus he ans e o he pa onym
in o he d ymonym is Li h. Kišknas → Kišknų mškas (Š čn D). Simila ly, he
example o Mikáiliškių mškas (T ak D) could be p o ided. He e, he d ymonym
was based on Pol. pa onym Michajło, Michał (SSNO III 448–449), Bel. Михайлo,
Михайла Михаил (Bi yla 1966: 121), Li h. Mikáilas (PDBe). The e o e, i could
be ep esen ed as Pol. Michajło, Michał, Bel. Михайлo, Михайла Михаил, Li h.
Mikáilas → Mikáiliškių mškas (T ak D).
Howe e , i ’s wo h no ing ha ins ances o singula - o m ep esen a ion also
exis . Fo example, Pol. pa onym Lisowski (SSNO III 270), Rus. Лисовский,
Bel. Лiсoўскi, Лысеўскi (Bi yla 1969: 253) is ans e ed in o Lesò skio
mškas (Š D). This ansi ion could be ep esen ed as ollows: Pol. Lisowski,
Rus. Лисовский, Bel. Лiсoўскi, Лысеўскi → Lesò skio mškas (Š D).
This alignmen o d ymonyms wi hin a speci ic locali y sugges s a possible
naming mo i a ion oo ed in he pe son’s connec ion o he landscape. Claiming
ha all hese d ymonyms o any o he oponyms a e solely oo ed in he concep
o owne ship wi hou u he analysis o egis e s and o he documen s could
be a bold asse ion. This esea ch adop s he me onymic model PERSON FOR
THE PLACE o illus a e i s p oduc i i y and signi icance be e o p e en da a
misin e p e a ion.

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CONCLUSIONS
The indings o his esea ch e eal se e al key poin s:
1. Me onymy, a signi ican cogni i e mechanism, plays a cen al ole in
o ming d ymonyms. I is e iden in 696 o icially ecognized d ymonyms
wi hin Vilnius Coun y, a subs an ial po ion o he o al 787 d ymonyms.
2. Th ee p ima y me onymic pa e ns ha e been iden i ied: PLACE FOR THE
PLACE, SALIENT FEATURE FOR THE PLACE, and PERSON FOR THE PLACE.
• The me onymic model PLACE FOR THE PLACE can be u he speci ied
in o wo dis inc models: SETTLEMENT FOR THE FOREST, encompassing
names o su ounding inhabi ed a eas, domina es wi h 546 ins ances,
making i he mos p e alen pa e n in d ymonym concep ualiza ion. The
second model, AQUATIC FEATURE FOR THE FOREST, ep esen s names o
wa e bodies in p oximi y and has con ibu ed o 24 d ymonyms.
• The me onymic model SALIENT FEATURE FOR THE PLACE can be
subdi ided in o i e speci ic models: FOREST TYPE FOR THE FOREST,
LANDSCAPE FEATURE FOR THE FOREST, VEGETATION FOR THE FOREST,
FAUNA FOR THE FOREST, and PURPOSE FOR THE FOREST. These
subca ego ies a e ep esen ed by 36, 35, 24, 4, and 1 d ymonyms,
espec i ely.
• The me onymic model PERSON FOR THE PLACE was e ined in o PERSON
FOR THE FOREST. I is impo an o no e ha his does no necessa ily
imply owne ship; a he , i indica es a connec ion be ween he pe son and
he o es . The e a e a o al o 26 d ymonyms alling unde his model.
O e all, he indings shed ligh on he in ica e in e play be ween language,
landscape, and human in e ac ion wi hin Vilnius Coun y, showcasing he ich
apes y o meanings embedded in he names o i s o es s.
ABBREVIATIONS
Bel. – Belo usian; c . – compa e; D – dis ic , El– Elek nai; e al. – and o he s; Li h. –
Li huanian; Ml . – Mol ai; Pol. – Polish; P e – p e ix; Rus. – Russian; Su – su ix;
Šlčn – Šačininkai; Š – Š in os; Š čn – Š enčiónys; T ak – T ãkai; Ukm – Ukme g;
V – Vlnius.
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Vilniaus apsk i ies d imonimijos analizė:
me onimijos a ejis
SANTRAUKA
Šio y imo objek as – me onimijos būdu suda y i Vilniaus apsk i ies d imonimai. Iš
787 a ink ų daba inėje Vilniaus apsk i yje unkcionuojančių a dų ne 696 bu o inspi-
uo i me oniminio mąs ymo būdo. Į y imo lauką nepa eko d imonimai, ku ių mo y acija
siejama su mo y uojančių apelia y ų polisemija i su mo y uojančios są okos apelia y ine
i (a ba) onimine p igim imi. Minė i d imonimai, į auk i į y imą, po encialiai galėjo kel i
abejonių, a a i inka nus a y us me oniminius modelius, odėl jų bu o a sisaky a i apsi i-
bo a ik isiškai aiškios seman ikos miškų a dų analize.
A likus y imą nus a y i dominuojan ys modeliai: ie a ie oj ie os, išski inė ypa ybė ie-
oj ie os i žmogus ie oj ie os. 570 d imonimų y a siejama su me oniminiu modeliu ie a
ie oj ie os, jį sukonk e inus, paaiškėjo, kad d imonimų susi adymą dažniausiai inspi a o
gy en ie ės (546) i andens elkiniai (24). 100 miškų a dų mo y acija g indžiama me-
oniminio modelio išski inė ypa ybė ie oj ie os. Minė inos šios y imo pa i in os šski -
inės ypa ybės: miško ipas (36), k aš o aizdis (35), augmenija (24), gy ūnija (4) i miško
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paski is (1). Apie žmonių san alką miškingose ie o ėse galima sp ęs i iš 26 Vilniaus aps-
k i ies d imonimų, jie siejami su žmogus ie oj ie os, . y. žmogus ie oj miško, me oniminiu
modeliu.
Kadangi šis y imas bu o ykdomas kogni y inės onomas ikos lygmeniu, jame laikoma-
si nuos a os, kad isi a dai u i eikšmę. Analizuo ų d imonimų koncep ualiza imo mode-
lis bu o a skleis as adap a us Nikolos Dob ičiaus (2010) modelį, pagal ku į au o ius siūlo
numa y i koncep o kelią pe šal inio i ikslo s i is, iš ku ių šal inis – apelia y as a ba ik i-
nis žodis, o ikslas – onimas, šio y imo a eju – d imonimas. Taigi s aipsnyje nag inėjamų
a dų koncep ai a aizduojami emian is šia schema: apelia y as / ik inis žodis → d i-
monimas. Panašią schemą ykdomuose y imuose aiko i Veng ijos mokslininkė Ka alina
Reszegi (2022).
Kadangi me onimijos ap aiškų andama apelia y uose, ikimasi, kad me oniminis mąs-
ymas būdingas i ik iniams žodžiams. Juk me onimija y a kogni y inė i ling is inė p ie-
monė uni e salioms ka ego ijoms o muo is žmogaus sąmonėje, ku ios ėliau gali bū i a -
spindė os kalboje. Me onimija apima ieno objek o samp a os modelį susiedama jį su ki u,
ypač ada, kai abu objek ai egzis uoja oje pačioje pa adigmoje (Kö ecses, Gün e 1999: 21;
Ke e ičienė 2009: 14–15). Toponimija i y a bū en a s i is, ku i pa odo, kad objek ai ko-
egzis uoja, kad dėl į ai ių p iežasčių jai būdingas polinkis pe ženg i sa o pačios ibas, įskai-
an a dų mig aciją a p objek ų klasių bei analogija pag įs ų da inių (Ka penko 1980: 49).
Me oniminiai p ocesai y a labai s a būs i įdomūs, kadangi jie a skleidžia glaudų žmonijos
su okimo, ie o ės ypa ybių, kalbos bei a do o ma imosi mechanizmų yšį.
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