THE KHANTY SUBSTRATE IN TOPONYMY OF OB-IRTYSH INTERFLUVE
The notion “toponymic substrate” is revealed in the work. The historical background of the formation of the substrate toponymy between the rivers Ob and Irtysh, not previously studied, is described. The process of foreign language place names adaptation in the Russian phonetic, morphological word-formative and semantic levels is studied basing on the names of flowing water objects of the Khanty origin.