Hydronymia Rgvedica

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F16%3A00088373" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/16:00088373 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/136172" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/136172</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Hydronymia Rgvedica
Original language description
On the basis of complete textual documentation this article presents the geographical identification and etymological analyses of 29 hydronyms attested in the Rgveda. It is possible to conclude that the center of gravity of the early Vedic Indo-Aryans was situated in the North-West of the Indian subcontinent, in the basin of the mid- and upper stream of the Indus, plus basins of the upper streams of the Ganges & Yamuna. Most of the hydronyms analyzed here are etymologizable as Indo-Aryan in the first approximation, but this could be a result of secondary reinterpretation (“folk etymology”). In only two cases (6.9%) non-Indo-Aryan, namely Burushaski, etymologies seem more probable. In other four cases (13.8%) there are Dravidian alternative solutions. The hypotheses of Sino-Tibetan or Munda (Austro-Asiatic) origin of some hydronyms were also tested, but were not confirmed. It means, for c. 1/5 hydronyms attested in Rgveda the pre-Indo-Aryan origin is more or less probable.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AI - Linguistics
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GA15-12215S" target="_blank" >GA15-12215S: Altaic hypothesis - arguments, counter-arguments, and improvement of their exactitude</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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