The place name Merseburg has been debated vigorously in academic research. On the basis of a larger number of comparable names, the authors suggest a derivation of the name which differs from previous explanations. Besides the root - burg one has to assume a basic approach *Mars~ in the determiner which can be interpreted as an -s-extension of -mar “swamp, bog, pond”, to be found in numerous names.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:31805 |
| Date | 27 September 2018 |
| Creators | Casemir, Kirstin, Udolph, Jürgen |
| Publisher | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Namenforschung |
| 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 | 0943-0849, urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-316937, qucosa:31693 |
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