Elbe – zu den Quellen eines Hydronyms
Elbe - to the sources of a hydronym
Author(s): Harald Bichlmeier, Václav BlažekSubject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Semantics, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: Hydronym; historical phonetics; historical morphology; word formation; etymology; semantic typology; Slavic hydronymy; Germanic hydronymy; Celtic hydronymy; Old European hydronymy;
Summary/Abstract: In the article the hydronym Albis/Elbe/Labe is studied from various points of view: geography, historical documentation, diachronic phonetics and morphology, especially word formation. The etymological attempts in the context of Germanic, Celtic and so-called ‘Old European’ hydronymies are evaluated with respect to their semantic motivation in the light of semantic typology.
Journal: Acta Linguistica Lithuanica
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 71
- Page Range: 125-146
- Page Count: 22
- Language: German
