Oiconime bănățene de origine antroponimică (II)
Banatian Settlement Names of Anthroponymic Origin (II)

Summary/Abstract: Banatian settlement names of anthroponymic origin are quite numerous; consequently, on the one hand, there is a geomorphological poverty of terms (especially in lowland areas) and, on the other hand, we notice the important role some people had in a certain community, in a certain period of time, in a certain region. Within the category of settlement names coming from anthroponyms, we include those that can be explained by the names of saints considered patrons of localities (Sânandrei, Sângeorge etc.). We also discuss the settlement names from anthroponyms that were obtained through common language. All derivatives with suffixes became the name of the group: -eşti: Coteşti (< Cot), Boteşti (< Bot), brăneşti/ Brăneşti (< Bran), etc.; -eni: călugăreni, Călugăreni (<Călugăru), etc.; -oni: Hodoni (< HODE, Hodea), etc. We pay attention to the ones coming from a group name: Berini < Berin (< Bera), Răuţi < Răuţ, etc. Compound names, such as Old Beba, Lower Bencecu, Upper Bencecu, Great Bunea, Small Bunea etc., imply the presence of simple toponyms: * Beba, * Bencec, * Bunea etc., which took the name of a community, due to the fact that a part of the population swarmed from the town or to the fact that a new settlement was created on that territory, as a result of colonization. Thus, the new settlement took the name of the territory, to which determiners were added: old, large, great, small, lower, upper, etc.

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