Atlas of True Names
The atlas of the true names by Stephan Hormes and Silke Peust is a work that prepares a translation and cartographic representation of important toponyms (geographical names) into German .
For translation into German
The "true" - in the sense of the etymologically correct - meanings of a generally known and common name are named and entered on a card . It illustrates the imagery of the place names and the " Babylonian - polyglot " of the takeover from other languages. The FAZ called the idea of the work "funny and instructive". Die Zeit, however, criticized the fact that in case of doubt the authors would have chosen the most amazing name.
| common name | Denomination in the Atlas of True Names | Word origin | group |
|---|---|---|---|
| America | Land of the mighty fighter | to the personal name Amerigo , this old high German origin | Deonym after a discoverer, this congratulations on a personal quality |
| Berlin | Swamp city | probably too Slavic br'lo 'swamp, morass' with a place name ending | Location name to field name : Moor colonization |
| Great Britain | Big land of the tattooed | after the ethnic group of the Britto ( Bretons ) | Dwelling name : ethnonym based on a personal characteristic |
| Johannesburg | Gnadegottburg | Literal translation of the Hebrew personal name (original name bearer unclear) | Deonym after a founder, this congratulation: Theophor |
| Kamchatka | Land of the people at the far end | according to the residents of Kamchadalen | Residence name : ethnonym after a residence or location name |
| Cologne | branch | Latin colonia | Settlement typology: founding city |
| Milan | Mittelwiesen | Italian Milano , Latin Mediolanum | Location name for corridor form |
| Sarajevo | Here is the palace | Mixture of languages in Turkish sarây 'palace' with Serbian place-name ending | Settlement typology: according to the settlement core |
construction
The individual sections show maps of:
There is also a graphic representation of the solar system , an index of true names and an index of German names .
The atlas is offered in book form and in the form of individual maps.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dolce vita im Kälberland , rp-online.de, July 10, 2008, accessed on September 14, 2014.
- ↑ a b c d e Andreas Platthaus: Name research. And what about Warsaw? In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. July 4, 2008, accessed September 15, 2015 .
- ↑ What is that supposed to mean? In: Die Zeit online, July 4, 2008, accessed on September 14, 2015.
- ↑ Book review on perlentaucher.de, undated, accessed September 16, 2015.