OIKONYM AS AN OBJECT OF LINGUISTIC STUDY

This article discusses onomastics, the object of the study of onomastics. It is concluded that the knowledge of onomastics, oikonyms is formed in the process of cultural and historical formation of civilization. A person selects from the outside world and then fixes in the name only that which interacts with his knowledge of the surrounding reality, reflects his individual view of the world and corresponds to his existential values