Toponymic Convergence: The *alb- Root in the Place Name Alba and in the ‘Water Towns’ Names

• Main Author: Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: Italian
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: New Convergence Theory; *alb-
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80383; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43817; https://www.academia.edu/17634560/Convergenza_toponimica_la_radice_alb-_nel_toponimo_Alba_e_nelle_denominazioni_delle_Citt%C3%A0_dacqua_
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Palaeo-Ligurian place-names of the type Alba, Old European river names Albis and the like, as well as their ablauting forms Olb- (> Orb- in Romance Ligurian) do not reflect directly Proto-Indo-European adjective *albho- ‘white’; rather, they all continue a Pre-PIE extended root *Hal-bh- ‘water’ c...