Unveiling the enigmatic origins of Sardinian toponyms

• Main Authors: Ong, Brenda Man Qing, Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::Linguistics::Historical linguistics; Humanities::Language; Toponymy; Sardinia; Indo-European; Nuragic; Paleo-Sardinian
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159558
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With the boom in Indo-European (IE) studies among linguists from the early 20th century, toponymic studies on European place names have been largely based on the Proto-Indo-European (PIE). However, historical and archaeological records of non-IE groups, such as the Nuragic civilization of Sardini...