Linguistic Contact in Prehistoric Italy: At The Origins of the Placename Imola
Abstract This paper explores possible connections between the Indo-European roots *yem-/*jem- and *am- (*me-) and the Etruscan stem am- through the analysis and reconstruction of the pre-Latin etymology of the Italian placename Imola (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna). The evaluation of plausible links betwe...
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2015-09-01
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| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2049 |