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Pre-Greek Place Names : New Insights into an Old Problem
Kempgen, Sebastian (2025): Pre-Greek Place Names : New Insights into an Old Problem, in: Bamberg: Otto-Friedrich-Universität, doi: 10.20378/irb-111203.
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Vorgriechische Ortsnamen : Neue Erkenntnisse zu einem alten Problem
Conference:
1st International Conference ‘Revisiting the key milestones in the history of Greek’ ; Thessaloniki
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Year of publication:
2025
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Language:
English
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Abstract:
The presentation shows some results of the author's monograph on "Aegean Etymologies", publ. in 2025 by the University of Bamberg Press (Open Access). Certain Pre-Greek place names which are definitely of Indoeuropean origin show that before the Greeks (Mycenean Greeks) came to Greece, there was already an ie. tribe there. For this presentation, "Atana" (= Athens) and "Mukana" (Mykene) are used as examples. Also, the semantics of the root "lar" is derived from all the words and names it is used in. "Lar" means 'depression' (German: 'Niederung, Senke').
GND Keywords:
Griechenland
Onomastikon
Etymologie
Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
Ortsname
Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Keywords:
Etymology
Historical Comparative Linguistics
Greece
Prehistory
Toponymy
Onomastics
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Peer Reviewed:
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Conferenceobject
Activation date:
November 14, 2025
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https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/111203