2017/01/01 by Michał Łuczyński · 3 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Language and Culture #Linguistics and language evolution #Central European Literary Studies #Geographer #Celtic languages #German #Slavic languages #History #Classics #Linguistics #Geography #Philosophy #Ancient history #Cartography #Archaeology
paper · doi:10.17651/polon.37.9
openalex publication_date 2017/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06
In article, an analyse of ethnonyms included in so called Bavarian Geographer, a historical source from 9th – early 10th century, is given. Actual state of scientific research on tribal names is summarized, latinized transcritions of the proper names are analyzed and previous etymological interpretations are verified. Also there are some new etymological interpretations of a few demonyms and topo-ethnonyms. Analysis of proper names revealed that there are names of Slavic, Paleobalkan, Celtic, German, Baltic and Oriental origin.