The article aims to give an overview over the author’s work on the
oldest layers of toponyms and hydronyms in Central Europe (including a
short detour to Italy). In the course of almost one decade some three dozen
names were treated. More often than not, the scientific standards of modern
Indo-European linguistics were applied for the first time in etymologizing
these names. In some cases arguments for new etymologies could be brought
forward, in many cases more precise etymologies could be offered – but in
some cases it also had to be stated that the formerly given ‘one and only’ etymological
solution had to be discarded of in favour of an array of (sometimes
four, five or even more) viable solutions. But in spite of such (to some readers
maybe discouraging) results, it should become clear that only this modern
way of Indo-European linguistics will lead to results so reliable that further
research can be based on them. In the second part of the paper several tables
will give a compact overview comparing old solutions and new findings concerning
a number of river-names.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:17175 |
| Date | 14 February 2018 |
| Creators | Bichlmeier, Harald |
| Publisher | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Namenforschung (GfN), Universität Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | German |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-170739, qucosa:17073 |
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