Nazwy młynów i osad młyńskich dawnego starostwa brańskiego

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine of the mill names and mill village names in the Bransk region of the Podlachia province from 16th to the 21th century. It was discovered that the amount of the mills in this territory has decreased over several centuries. A few mills disappeared, some of the other changed their names. The study area is dominated by toponyms related to personal names. These village names are created from the forenames, nicknames and surnames of millers. There are a good number of toponyms of West and East Slavic origin in the area, while Baltic origin are few.