Greckie wyrazy βόρατον, βράθυ, βουρί jako przykłady zapożyczenia wielokrotnego
The Greek Words βόρατον, βράθυ, βουρί as Examples of Multiple Borrowings
Author(s): Elwira KaczyńskaSubject(s): Ancient World, Lexis, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Descriptive linguistics
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: dendronyms; Ancient Greek; Semitic languages; language contacts; lexicography; Mediterranean world; loanwords;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to review three Hellenic plant names of Semitic origin (βόρατον, βράθυ and βουρί) in the light of ancient language contacts in the eastern area of the Mediterranean world. These dendronyms, denoting different species of conifers from the Cupressaceae family (i.e. stinking juniper, Juniperus foetidissima Willd., savin juniper, Juniperus sabina L., Mediterranean cypress, Cupressus sempervirens L.) represent multiple borrowings, the ultimate source of which was the Proto-Semitic term *burāṯ ‘juniper’.
Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
- Issue Year: XXXIII/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 169-187
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Polish