Name of the town of Kolomna

Do you know where the name Kolomna came from? Today there are more than 20 versions of the origin of the name of the city. Many researchers say that the name of the river Kolomenna (Kolomenka) first arose. On the shore there was a place where there was a market, in the old way - menok. That is – a place near the market or a river near the mena – Kolomenna (Kolomenka).

According to the dictionary of V.I. Dahl, the name of the city came from the Ryazan words “kolomenya”, “kolomenye” – collar, oracle, neighborhood. That is, Kolomna is a border city. With Dahl echoes the version of D. Ilovaisky. He deduces the word "Colomna" from "kolomen" - the nearest district or "kolomen" - near. But, most likely, the words “pillar”, “column” originated from the word “Column”. Close to this is N.P. Gilyarov-Platonov, who deduced the name Kolomna from "kolo" in the meaning of roundabout, borderline. “It was, indeed, the border,” wrote Gilyarov-Platonov, “behind the Oka began foreign lands.” But it does not explain the meaning of the last three letters in the word "Column". V.A. Nikonov expressed the opinion that the name of the city came from the Finno-Ugric word “colm”, meaning a grave, a cemetery. I.G. Dobrodomov showed the process of formation from this Finnish word Russian Kolomna (“grave river”). Local historian M.G. Savitsky came to the conclusion that the word "Kolomna" comes from the ancient Finno-Ugric words "koi" - fish and "kolova" - river, i.e. fish river. V.N. Toporov translates from Baltic: the river Kolomenka (Kolomna) – “rising”. He also cites a number of Baltic hydronymic parallels, allowing the basis of this name to be compared with the Lithuanian kaltas - "air", kaltupe - "aira thickets". Historian Simeon Pisemsky connects the name of the city with its location – surrounding the rivers Oka, Kolomenka and Moscow. The lake is surrounded by these rivers. V.G. Fomenko put forward the version that the name of the city came from the Turkic “coloma” – “security”, “security”. O.M. Trubachov suggested that the name is akin to the Ukrainian Kolomyi – ruts filled with water, or a deep bump filled with water. In the past, this could mean “a small river”, but the meaning of the concepts is the same – a pothole or a river where the wheel is washed. S.M. Prokhorov leads the name from “to break” – to circle, to loop; therefore, Kolomna is winding, looping. L.K. Pavlova mentions another version: "... the ancient word "Kolomna" many researchers associate with the language of the Finno-Ugric tribe of Merya (Kolomna - "deep swamp").