On Indo-European ‘barley’
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Etymology and the European Lexicon. Proceedings of the 14th Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft (17-22 September 2012, Copenhagen) |
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| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | Corn; grain; barley; awn; husks; straw; groats; flour; bread; malt; beer |
| Description | The article analyzes 15 terms designating "barley" in at least one Indo-European branch. In the discussion of the comparative material, the determination of the most probable semantic motivation is a final purpose. In the context of all "barley"-terms and a wider context of cereal terminology it is possible to formulate some new etymological solutions that are compatible with more general motives inspiring the cereal nomenclature. |
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