Kuoštrõg

Livonian Etymology Like liv Kūolka the name of lv Košrags appears in documents only starting with the 18th century. According to L. Kettunen the term may have come from the name of a river Koštõr-joug, he allows the possibility that the ending may stem from agja [liv aigā?] "edge, area" as well. The etymology of the first component (Koštõr), however, remains unclear. Of interest is an early variant Košt-joug and Košt-joug-küla which would suggest that the first component might have been Košt- initially. Perhaps it comes from a shortened form of the liv la - given name la Constantinus. According to sources such names were given not only in the territory of Estonia but by Finnic peoples in Latvia as well: in 1289 – Coste in Riga, from 1355-1362 Coste around Kuldīga also in 15th century – Costi in Rūjiena. The form Kuošt- might have predictably been derived from et Koosti common in Estonia but -rags, -rõg (commonly believed to be a liv lv - element) might have been added according to the local tradition [cf. liv Sīkrõg].Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, pages 220-221 Pronunciation Proper noun liv proper noun liv village r/Courland c/Latvia Košrags Kuoštrõg – Kuoštrõg – Košrags Košrags – Košrags – Košrags Declension 159 sg 1 References