Old Celtic onomastics
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A possible reflex of the (Indo-)European stem *alut- in the Old Celtic onomastics.
Throughout history, the Druids have always been seen as sorcerers who had a strong bond with nature. Ancestral knowledge holders within Celtic society, directed all religious activity as the highest authority linked to the gods, practiced... more
ABSTRACT. - Four etymological notes : 1. The word αουα of the inscription of Cavaillon, G-121, rather means 'grandmother' than 'granddaughter'. 2. A stem Adu-, Atu-, Attu-of the Gaulish anthroponymy and theonymy could represent the... more
Ein neuer Blick auf die ältesten Orts- und Gewässernamen in (Mittel-)Europa. In: Namenkundliche Informationen 105/106, 2015[2016], S. 299–331. (online unter: http://www.namenkundliche-informationen.de;... more
The article is dedicated to the rare or unique name-types among the "Non-Indo-European" Old Irish names. I suggest that Dallán Forgaill is a personal name of this kind.
This is a draft version; a few misprints are corrected in the book.
This is a draft version; a few misprints are corrected in the book.
in: Ad Fontes! Festschrift für Gerhard Dobesch zum fünfundsechzigsten Geburtstag am 15. September 2004 dargebracht von Kollegen, Schülern und Freunden. Unter der Ägide der Wiener Humanistischen Gesellschaft herausgegeben von Herbert... more
Neue etymologische Vorschläge zu zwei Flussnamensippen der ‚Alteuropäischen Hydronymie‘: Elbe und Sinn, Shannon, San/Sjan. In: Krisch, Thomas / Niederreiter, Stefan (Hrsgg.) unter redaktioneller Mitwirkung von Michael Crombach: Diachronie... more
In this paper, we pay special attention to several controversial details that we
have detected in the second volume of Professor Javier de Hoz’s work devoted to pre-Roman languages of the Iberian Peninsula (De Hoz, 2011).
have detected in the second volume of Professor Javier de Hoz’s work devoted to pre-Roman languages of the Iberian Peninsula (De Hoz, 2011).
Tal como as 23 anteriores, a presente crónica consiste numa revisão crítica de NNL e, sobretudo, de NNP pré-latinos testemunhados na Península Ibérica.
García Alonso Juan Luis. On the celticity of some Hispanic place names. In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 29, 1992. Actes du IXecongrès international d'études celtiques. Paris, 7-12 juillet 1991. Deuxième partie : Linguistique, littératures. pp.... more
Nesta crónica, revisitamos diversos NNL e NNP atestados nas fontes antigas, que, com a exclusão de quatro casos — saico, siCounin, śeCena e / TAMVSIENSI —, já foram alvo de comentários nossos em textos anteriores. In this review, we... more
Ancient Celts, like Ancient Germans, had a vertical representation of the universe symbolised by a Cosmic Tree. This tree, designated by the element dru- of Gaulish compound names, apophonic zero grade of i.-e. *doru, leads to a new... more
We continue our inquiries concerning proper names documented in the pre-Latin languages spoken in the Iberian Peninsula as well as in what is nowadays southwestern France.
The following pages are intended primarily to claim the authorship of certain ideas, contrary to repeated, and more or less diffuse, attempts to attribute them to others. In any case, by giving priority to a “micro-historiographic... more
Although our linguistic commentaries extend over wider limits, we continue to focus our main attention on Iberian personal names. Much of what is written below results from the reading of the doctoral thesis carried out by Ignacio Simón... more
Under this title we intend to publish a series of articles concerning the districts of Histria in the last period of development of the city and its definitive decline. We will concentrate on the districts located inside the city walls,... more
Like other papers that we’ve published in recent years, this one deals with the analysis of Iberian place and personal names.
The names of people as a signs of their Destiny. // Имена людей как знаки их Судьбы.
As in preceding reviews, Iberian names are the main subject of the almost thirty entries included in this paper. However, unlike previous occasions, only a few of those names have been published in recent years.
""Essimnus / Esimne – Ein keltischer Name? CORINNA SCHEUNGRABER, UNIVERSITÄT WIEN Der PN Essimnus ist einige Male in den römischen Provinzen Noricum, Germania Superior, Pannonia Inferior und Raetia belegt: • AE 1940, 115 = AE 2004,... more
Article sur le nom antique gaulois de Winterthour.
There are two rivers called Kander in SW-Germany and Northern Switzerland. Their name is definitely of Celtic origin and goes back to the adjective PCelt. *kandaro- ‘white, glistening’ < PIE *(s)kn̥d-ró- ‘white, glistening’. This... more
Mit meiner Dissertation habe ich mich den Namen der alten heidnischen Götter verschrieben. Diese wurden von den Germanen und Kelten u.a. im römerzeitlichen Rheinland verehrt. Ihre Namen sind in rauen Mengen in lateinisch-sprachigen... more
Имена людей как знаки их Судьбы.
The names of people as а signs of their Destiny.
The names of people as а signs of their Destiny.
The name of the British king Prasutagus (Tacitus, Ann. 14.31) has not yet received a satisfactory etymology. A segmentation Pra-su-tagus led Pokorny to see in it a «pre-Celtic Indo-European name». A bipartite segmentation Prasu-tagus and... more