Prijedlog etimologije imena »Zagreb«
A proposal of etymology of the place-name ’Zagreb’

Summary/Abstract: The paper contains a proposal of etymology of the place-name Zagreb, a very discussed topic of the Croatian linguistics. It moves from a well-known intuition which has found little scientific evidence so far, namely that the name Zagreb isto be derived through metathesis from 'Zabreg' place behind the hill/shore'. The hypothesis is corroborated by a plenty of wider and closer linguistic analogies as well as by some geographical and historical data. At the same time some newer opinions at issue are briefly reviewed.

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