Segorbe, a place name of archaeo-indoeuropean origin?

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  • Carlos Jordán Cólera Área de Lingüística Indoeuropea. Departamento de Ciencias de la Antigüedad. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Universidad de Zaragoza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/etfii.26.2013.13737

Keywords:

Celtic toponymy, Iberian toponymy, Archaeo-Indo-European Toponymy, reetymologization

Abstract

After a critical review of the traditional interpretation of Segorbe as a Celtic place-name (Segobriga), the author proposes an archaeo-Indo-European origin: *suburbi(s). Thus, the earliest forms of the name, attested in Arab sources, can be explained perfectly. The forms in Latin and Romance languages would be then the result of a interested re-etymologization.

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Jordán Cólera, C. (2014). Segorbe, a place name of archaeo-indoeuropean origin?. Espacio Tiempo Y Forma. Serie II, Historia Antigua, (26), 51–62. https://doi.org/10.5944/etfii.26.2013.13737

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