TY - JOUR
T1 - Pre-Indo-European Relics
T2 - The *borm- Root in the European Pre-Latin Context
AU - PERONO CACCIAFOCO, Francesco
N1 - PERONO CACCIAFOCO, Francesco. (2015). Pre-Indo-European Relics: The *borm- Root in the Pre-Latin European Context. Annals of the University of Craiova: Series Philology, Linguistics / Analele Universității Din Craiova: Seria Ştiințe Filologice, Linguistică, 37, 1 / 2: 342-356
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - This paper provides an innovative hermeneutic interpretation of the possible pre- Indo-European origins of the root ∗borm- (> ∗bormo), meaning 'warm water', 'hot water', according to a new convergent approach. The stem ∗borm- (> ∗bormo) is considered, in this study, as not directly related to the (proto-)Indo-European root ∗gwhermó- / ∗gwhormo-, meaning 'warm', 'hot'. It could be, rather, a trace of the pre-Indo-European linguistic substrate, with the voiced bilabial (/b/) phonetic treatment of the voiced aspirate labiovelar consonant ∗GwH. The presumably pre-Indo-European root ∗borm- (> ∗bormo) would have been, over time, transferred (after the possible 'arrival' of the Indo-Europeans in their European territories) in the linguistic system of (proto-)Indo-European through a process of reuse and refunctionalization of roots and (loan-)words due to linguistic contact. Phonetically adapted to the (proto-)Indo-European standards and equated with the stem ∗gwhermó- / ∗gwhormo-, the root ∗borm- (> ∗bormo) could have been preserved in the hydronymy and toponymy of North-Western Italy, for instance in the river name Bòrmida (water course flowing between Liguria and Southern Piedmont) and in the place name Bòrmio (small town located in Lombardy).
AB - This paper provides an innovative hermeneutic interpretation of the possible pre- Indo-European origins of the root ∗borm- (> ∗bormo), meaning 'warm water', 'hot water', according to a new convergent approach. The stem ∗borm- (> ∗bormo) is considered, in this study, as not directly related to the (proto-)Indo-European root ∗gwhermó- / ∗gwhormo-, meaning 'warm', 'hot'. It could be, rather, a trace of the pre-Indo-European linguistic substrate, with the voiced bilabial (/b/) phonetic treatment of the voiced aspirate labiovelar consonant ∗GwH. The presumably pre-Indo-European root ∗borm- (> ∗bormo) would have been, over time, transferred (after the possible 'arrival' of the Indo-Europeans in their European territories) in the linguistic system of (proto-)Indo-European through a process of reuse and refunctionalization of roots and (loan-)words due to linguistic contact. Phonetically adapted to the (proto-)Indo-European standards and equated with the stem ∗gwhermó- / ∗gwhormo-, the root ∗borm- (> ∗bormo) could have been preserved in the hydronymy and toponymy of North-Western Italy, for instance in the river name Bòrmida (water course flowing between Liguria and Southern Piedmont) and in the place name Bòrmio (small town located in Lombardy).
KW - (Proto-)Indo-European Stems
KW - Indo-European
KW - Etymology
KW - Pre-Indo-European and Proto-Indo-European
KW - borm- (> bormo) Root
KW - Toponymy
KW - Toponomastics
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84955617154
SN - 1224-5712
VL - 37
SP - 342
EP - 356
JO - Analele Universitatii din Craiova - Seria Stiinte Filologice, Lingvistica
JF - Analele Universitatii din Craiova - Seria Stiinte Filologice, Lingvistica
IS - 1-2
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