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Etymologies of the capital’s odonym Pistsovaya ulitsa / English Pistsovaya Street (a toponymic study)
https://doi.org/10.30515/0131-6141-2025-86-2-108-113
Abstract
The article, based on the application of the etymological method, considers four versions of the origin of the metropolitan yearbook Pistsovaya ulitsa / English Pistsovaya Street. The literature of the issue was critically analyzed for the content of reliable information about the etymology of the godonym. The cartographic atribution of the godonym made it possible to establish the exact date of its first fixation on the plan of Moscow and indicate a number of errors in establishing the time of the appearance of the godonym. The ratio of the original form of the go-don – Pyastsovaya st. and modern – Pistsovaya st. As a result of an etymological analysis of four versions, the most promising of them was revealed, associated with the ancient soil specifics of the area on which Pistsovaya st. Shown the importance of toponymic reconstruction for modern Moscow studies and educational practice.
About the Author
A. V. Barandeev
Moscow Branch, Russian Geographical Society
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey V. Barandeev, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), chairman of the Toponymic commission
Moscow
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Barandeev A.V. Etymologies of the capital’s odonym Pistsovaya ulitsa / English Pistsovaya Street (a toponymic study). Russian language at school. 2025;86(2):108-113. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30515/0131-6141-2025-86-2-108-113
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