Linguistic Contact in Prehistoric Italy: The Origins of the Place Name Imola

• Main Authors: Cacciafoco, Francesco Perono, Andrea Nanetti
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Imola; Indo-European roots *yem-/*jem- and *am- (*me-); Celtic; Linguistic contact and alignment; Italic; Etruscan stem am-; Reuse and refunctionalization of word-roots and (loan)words
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82871; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40429
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper explores possible connections between the Indo-European roots *yem-/*jem- and *am- (*me-) and the Etruscan stem am- through the analysis and reconstruction of the pre-Latin etymology of the Italian placename Imola (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna). The evaluation of plausible links between Indo-E...