Name «Perechny»

The modern name of the district center in the Transcarpathian region, Perechyn, is more well-known in Ukraine than the forgotten name of the former estate located near the town of Mikhaylivka. For this reason, the people of Transcarpathia tend to derive the personal name Perechyn from the toponym Perechyn, explaining its origin by the notion that people "перечинили" (peretshchynyly), meaning "dammed" the Uzh River at the site of the former village.In reality, the anthroponym Perechyn in the Carpathians is older. In 1444, a nobleman named Perechen is mentioned in the neighboring Romanian county of Satu Mare in the village of Borzova. In 1720, there are records of serfs bearing the surname Perechen in the village of Sokirnytsia. There are also Polish-Latin records of anthroponyms from the 15th century: Johannis Przeczeń and Nicolaum Przeczin.The name of the settlement Perechyn is also ancient—as its mention dates back to 1427. Most importantly, in the neighboring eastern Slovak town of Mikhaylivka, near the current Ukrainian settlement Perechyn, the anthroponym Perecha is mentioned in 1266 as "terra domini Perecha," which means "land or possession of the Uzhhorod county of lord Perecha." The basis of the personal name Perecha contained the root "Pere-" and the diminutive suffix -cha, indicating its ancient Slavic origin. Thus, the original form of the anthroponym was full-vocalic, that is, East Slavic—Perechat-.