THE ETYMOLOGIC STRUCTURE OF ROMANIAN MYTHONYMS (II)

A monographic study of Romanian mythonyms cannot ignore the problem of the etymological strata from which the corpus of these terms originates. Such an analysis is necessary primarily in order to establish, from this point of view as well, the place of this special area of Romanian onomastics within...

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Main Authors: Petre Gheorghe BÂRLEA, Ana Maria PANȚU
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Editura Muzeul National al Literaturii Romane 2014-11-01
Series:Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa
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Online Access:http://www.diversite.eu/pdf/11_2/DICE_11.2_Full_Text_p51-p68-Petre-Gheorghe-BARLEA-Ana-Maria-PANTU.pdf
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Summary:A monographic study of Romanian mythonyms cannot ignore the problem of the etymological strata from which the corpus of these terms originates. Such an analysis is necessary primarily in order to establish, from this point of view as well, the place of this special area of Romanian onomastics within the Romanian lexical system. From such a perspective we can estimate the extent to which mythonyms confirm the general etymologic structure of Romanian vocabulary and to what extent the terms designating mythical characters in our fairytales are specifically Romanian.
ISSN:2067-0931