Ideas of thrift in Finno-Ugric proverbs against the paremiological background of some structurally different languages

The article examines proverbs as part of the paremiological picture of the world and a source of cumulative information. Ethnically marked proverbs determine the cultural memory and the unique proverbial world picture of a particular people. Metaphors behind proverbs are specifi c, while proverbial ideas are universal. The article is aimed at presenting the results of a comparative analysis of proverbs of the Finno-Ugric peoples about thrift against the background of paremias of structurally different languages. A total of 72 proverbs of the Karelian, Veps, Komi, Mari, Mordvin, and Udmurt languages were examined against the background of more than 400 proverbs of 11 structurally different languages using the method of comparative linguacultural analysis based on the theory of semantic models in paremiology. Several common proverbial models were identifi ed based on semantics. Common and ethnoculturally marked proverbial metaphors were identifi ed and accompanied with relevant linguacultural comments. Common features shared by Finno-Ugric proverbs about thrift and paremias from structurally different languages are connected with the attitude towards thrift as a value, while their specifi city is determined by ethnical metaphors.