Archaic place names in SloveniaPaliga, Sorin (Avtor) Slovene languageonomasticsPre-Indo-European influencesIndo-European influencesRoman influencesArchaic place-names in Slovenia reflect a situation common throughout Southeastern Europe: a multi-stratified heritage, represented by the oldest Pre-Indo-European ("Old European" in Gimbutasian terms, or "Urbian", as labelled by the author some years ago), Indo-European (Illyrian, Celtic, Thracian), then various Romance influences, mainly Italian or Dalmatian Romance. This type of heritage is also shared by other South Slavic languages, and also by Romanian. There exists, beyond any doubt, a form of archaic naming of places, with specific features shared by the languages of Southeastern Europe, which disregards their modern linguistic affinity: Slavic, Romanian, Albanian, Greek. Some Slovene forms seem closely related to (Proto-)Romanian, rather than to "Balkanic" forms, which may suggest a certain closer vicinity before the 10th century A.D., probably along the Danube in Pannonia.20032024-12-16 13:57:32Neznano165986sl