[gothic-l] Re: Early Germanic place-names in today Poland

[Ryszard Derdzinski]

George Knysh wrote:

> ******GK: This is extremely interesting. I'd like to
order a copy of this book. Could you send me the
relevant information? (ISBN et sim.)

My answer:

Its ISBN is 83-7052-597-0. The book has 762 pp., hard cover and it is in
Polish. Its full title is: "Najstarsza warstwa nazewnicza na ziemiach
polskich" by Zbigniew Babik. It is the newest and most comprehensive work in
the matter of the pre-Slavic place-names in Poland.

G Knysh wrote:

> Two follow ups in this context:
(1) Is the river name "Bug" Old Germanic?
(2) Are there any identifiable Pre-Indoeuropean place
names in Poland?******

My answer:

Ad (1) According to Babik _Bug_ belongs to the names of Layer 1 (it means it
is pre-Slavic), but it isn't Germanic name. Babik writes: "Including this
name to the concrete, individual languages is groundless, because the name
_Bug_ may be very old, and the stem occuring in it may be represented in
various language groups." Babik writes about IE stem _*bhewgh-_ 'to wind,
turn; winding'.

Ad (2) There are plenty of identifiable names in Poland and some of them can
belong to the pre-IE languages.

Yours,

Reikhardus
(Ryszard Derdzinski)

maggot at saba.wns.us.edu.pl or galadhorn at inetia.pl

"Gwaith-i-Phethdain" http://www.elvish.org/gwaith
"Polish Tolkien Society" http://www.parmadili.w.pl
"Silesian Homeland" http://necik.mag.com.pl/~galadhorn/slask/index.htm
"Sindarin Dictionary": http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/gobeth.htm


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