Labe - k pramenům hydronyma

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Title in English Labe - to the source of the hydronym
Authors

BLAŽEK Václav BICHLMEIER Harald

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Linguistica Brunensia
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Linguistics
Keywords Hydronym; historical phonetics and morphology; word formation; etymology; semantic typology; Slavic; Germanic; Celtic; Old European hydronymy
Description The purpose of the presented article was to summarize the most important historical information about the hydronym Albis / Elbe / Labe and hydronyms formed from the same root, to discuss problems of their word formation and finally to evaluate various etymological attempts with respect to semantic typology. Two solutions seem to be more satisfactory than others: "white" etymology proposed by Hans Krahe and "slowly-streaming" etymology of Wolfgang Schmid.
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