The Sudeta Mountains in the Light of Etymology
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Year of publication | 2020 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
Magazine / Source | The Journal of Indo-European Studies |
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web | http://www.jiesonline.com/issues/ |
Keywords | Oronym; Celtic; Germanic; Latin; etymology |
Description | The purpose of the present study is to summarize the existing etymological attempts explaining the oronym Sudetes and to propose a new solution conforming to linguistic, historical and archaeological data. A new solution proposed here assumes an adaptation of the originally Latin designation *Sude:ta, with regard to the Latin expression saxeae sudes, i.e. “rocky peaks, crags”, used by Apuleius. |
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