UID:
almafu_9958354183902883
Format:
1 online resource (763p.)
ISBN:
9783110301090
Series Statement:
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 259
Content:
Germania Semitica describes linguistic and cultural Semitic influences on Early Germanic at two points in space and time: (1) Fifth to third century Proto-Germanic when a Phoenician, namely Carthaginian, superstrate influenced the lexicon, grammar, writing system, and religion in the Germanic homeland, (2) the pre-Christian British Isles, when Semitic substrates shaped the structure of the Celtic languages as well as, indirectly, English. This book is a must for anyone interested in the origin of Germanic language and culture.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Introduction: Methodology of research in prehistoric language contact --
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1. Zur Entstehung des Germanischen --
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2. English as a "Celtic" language: Atlantic influences from above and from below --
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3. Amsel und Merula --
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4. Germania Semitica: +abr- 'strong', with a reflection on AbrahamlTheodoric --
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5. Atlantis Semitica: Structural contact features in Celtic and English --
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6. Germania Semitica: +aÞal- (OE æðel-, G Adel) 'nobility', With an appendix on Gk. ’'Ατλαδ --
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7. Germania Semitica: Pre-Gmc. +-at- in E maiden, G Magd/Mädchen, Goth. magaps --
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8. Key issues in English etymology --
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9. Germania Semitica: Gmc. +drag-, +trek- (Lat. trah-, Gk. τρέχ-) --
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10. On the rise of 'Celtic' syntax in Middle English --
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11. Semitic → Celtic → English: The transitivity of language contact --
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12. Zur Etymologie von Rauch und riechen --
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13. PGmc. +drepa-, G treffen 'to hit' --
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14. Germania Semitica: +sibjō --
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15. Languages in prehistoric Europe north of the Alps --
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16. Syntax und Sprachkontakt: Mit besonderer Berüksichtigung der indogermanischen Sprachen des Nordwestens --
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17. Note on the etymology of PGmc. +smītan and +smiþaz (E smite, smith, G schmeißen, Schmied, etc.) --
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18. Sprachgeburt durch Sprachkontakt: Die Entstehung des Englischen --
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19. Phol, Balder, and the birth of Germanic --
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20. Glauben wir noch an die Lautgesetze? Zur Etymologie von Phol und Balder im Zweiten Merseburger Zauberspruch --
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21. The name of the Isle of Thanet --
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22. Was Proto-Germanic a creole language? --
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23. Münze, mint, and money: An etymology for Latin Moneta: With appendices on Carthaginian Tanit and the Indo-European month word --
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24. Ne'er-a-face: A note on the etymology of penny, with an appendix on the etymology of pane --
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25. A note on the etymology of Germanic +skellingaz 'shilling': With an appendix on Latin siliqua 'a small coin --
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26. Grimm's Law and loan-words --
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27. Germanische Runen und phönizisches Alphabet --
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28. Zur Reihung der Runen im älteren Fuþark --
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29. Semitic influence in Celtic? Yes and No --
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30. The source of the lng rune and of the futhark --
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Abbreviations --
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References --
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Index of Atlantic / Hamito-Semitic etymologies --
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Index of Hamito-Semitic words, word forms, and roots --
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Index of Vasconic etymologies --
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Index of Toponyms --
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Subject Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-030094-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
DOI:
10.1515/9783110301090
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110301090
