Open AccessVasco-caucasian vector in the study of germanic vocabulary of unknown origin
Author(s) -
Serhii Borshchevskyi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
słowo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2082-6931
DOI - 10.15584/slowo.2019.10.02
Subject(s) - germanic languages , lexicon , german , parallels , linguistics , vocabulary , history , north germanic languages , literature , philosophy , art , engineering , mechanical engineering
The present article reflects the results of research into the lexicon of unknown origin of the modern Germanic (English and German) languages. It is presupposed that the vocabulary specified was inherited from prehistoric idioms of ancient Europe and therefore belongs to heterogeneous Pre-Indo-European substrata. Original etymologies on the basis of revealed Germanic-Basque and Germanic-Caucasian parallels are suggested. The author postulates the participation of the Vasco-Caucasian component in ethnogeny of the Germans and differentiation of the Germanic languages.