[gothic-l] Re: Goths and Bavaria (Mediolanum)

[Francisc Czobor]

--- In gothic-l at y..., keth at o... wrote:
>...
> And besides, if it was the Kelts who founded it, then its
> original name might not have been "Mediolanum", which sounds
> Latin to me.

Mediolanum is considered a Celtic toponym, meaning "middle plain".
medio- "middle" is Celtic, inherited from Indo-European, that's why it
sound similar to Lat. medius, Goth. midjis, Greek mezos, Sanskrit
madhya etc.
lan- "field, plain" appears in many Celtic topnyms.
Only the ending -um indicates a latinization of the original Celtic
place name.

Francisc



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