Some Natural Features of Oikonyms Word Formation in Lviv Region (Based on Oikonym of Koniv Village in Starosamborsky District of Lviv region)

Abstract

 The article deals with lexico-semantic, lexico-motivational, structural and educational features of Koniv oikonym whose age is nine hundred years, according to the stories of inhabitants. Some natural lines of oikonym word formation in Lviv region are defined. The author provides facts from various documents that explain the origin of this geographical name, picking out from them the one fact which corresponds to all historical and linguistic conditions of oikonym occurrence.