Rivista | Balcania et Slavia
Fascicolo monografico | 2 | 1 | 2022
Articolo | Early Latin Loan-Words in Modern Ukrainian and the Question of Toponymic Replications
Early Latin Loan-Words in Modern Ukrainian and the Question of Toponymic Replications
Abstract
An in-depth analysis of two distinct linguistic elements (lexical and toponymic) of Latin origin in the modern Ukrainian language adds some important elements to the study of the direct contacts of proto-Slavic populations and cultures with Roman civilisation in the early centuries of the first millennium. The paper examines ancient Latin loanwords in modern Ukrainian, in comparison with other Slavic languages and focuses on the question of Roman influences on the toponymy of Ukraine. Considering the difficulties linked to the temporal distance and the genetic diversity between late Latin and modern Ukrainian, these linguistic phenomena are correlated with historical, archaeological, numismatic data (as materially attested), in order to frame the linguistic question in the respective historical context, and at the same time to highlight the lexical connections and cultural continuity with the late Latin period.
Presentato: 23 Agosto 2022 | Accettato: 12 Ottobre 2022 | Pubblicato 15 Dicembre 2022 | Lingua: en
Keywords Latin loanwords • Ukrainian language • Ethnolinguistic connections • Toponymic replication
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/BES/2785-3187/2022/01/005
