<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper deals with the long-debated question of the origins of tree names and the methodological problems related to PIE etymologies. It aims at putting forward some basic principles of etymology, and at applying these principles to the analysis of twelve tree names. It also seeks to demonstrate the relevance of substratic pre-IE languages’ influence on the lexicon, and at isolating geographic areas corresponding to pre-Indo-European lexical stocks lying behind modern Celtic languages.</p></abstract>

This paper deals with the long-debated question of the origins of tree names and the methodological problems related to PIE etymologies. It aims at putting forward some basic principles of etymology, and at applying these principles to the analysis of twelve tree names. It also seeks to demonstrate the relevance of substratic pre-IE languages’ influence on the lexicon, and at isolating geographic areas corresponding to pre-Indo-European lexical stocks lying behind modern Celtic languages.

The Origins of Tree Names in Celtic

Studia Celtica Posnaniensia

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This paper deals with the long-debated question of the origins of tree names and the methodological problems related to PIE etymologies. It aims at putting...

The Origins of Tree Names in Celtic

Published Online: May 11, 2019

Page range: 33 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scp-2018-0002

Keywords
pre-Indo-European, substrata, tree names, language contact, creolization

© 2019 Gilles Quentel, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Origins of Tree Names in Celtic

Published Online: May 11, 2019

Page range: 33 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scp-2018-0002

Keywordspre-Indo-European, substrata, tree names, language contact, creolization

© 2019 Gilles Quentel, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
pre-Indo-European, substrata, tree names, language contact, creolization