Zum Ortsnamen Artern
The Thuringian place name Artern has so far found two explanations, one (pre-)Proto-Germanic and one German. The comparison of the two etymologies, which seem to have existed side-by-side for decades without the proponents of either suggestion really having taken notice of the other one, shows that...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | German |
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2024
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Namenkundliche Informationen
Year: 2024, Volume: 116, Pages: 49-54 |
| DOI: | 10.58938/ni743 |
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| Online Access: | Resolving-System, kostenfrei: https://doi.org/10.58938/ni743
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| Author Notes: | Harald Bichlmeier |
| Summary: | The Thuringian place name Artern has so far found two explanations, one (pre-)Proto-Germanic and one German. The comparison of the two etymologies, which seem to have existed side-by-side for decades without the proponents of either suggestion really having taken notice of the other one, shows that the (pre)-Germanic solution firstly does not make sense per se, and secondly, even if it did, it appears unnecessary for methodological reasons since a consistent explanation exists at a more recent linguistic level, namely an inner-German one. The name goes back to the dative plural (in locative use) of Old High German *artā̆rum, -un, -on ‘(among) the plowmen, farmers, settlers’ to the hapax legomenon Old High German artā̆ri ‘plowman, farmer, settler’. |
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| Item Description: | Online veröffentlicht: 22. Mai 2025 Gesehen am 04.02.2026 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| DOI: | 10.58938/ni743 |