Harald Bichlmeier
Biographic Data
| ID | 5713299 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harald Bichlmeier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harald |
| FAMILY NAME | Bichlmeier |
| SIGNATURE | BICHLMEIER H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Luther University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0001-1677 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Etymological Addenda to Some Thoughts on Celtic Place-Names and a Gaulish Appellative
Several river names in Germany (e.g., Inn , in antiquity Aenus ) and Austria (e.g., Enns , in antiquity and the Middle Ages Anisa , Anisus ), but also in Lithuania (e.g. Anatà , Anýkšté ) and in Ukraine ( Onut ) were traditionally analyzed as continuing the ‘hydronymic root PIE * en ‐/* on ‐’. This root, however, is a ghost-root, even if it is reconstructed according to current conventions as PIE * h 1 en ( H )‐. The Central European names are mo…
Zum Ortsnamen Boderitz (Lkr. Altenburger Land)
This article proposes a new etymology for the place name Boderitz. The traditional account views the name as deriving from OSorb. *Podbreźe, onymised from OSorb. *pod(e)brez’e ( ‘Proto-Sorb.’/OUSorb. *po-debr-ica ‘the place near the ravine/valley’
On the Etymology of the Place Name Ulm and Its Relatives in Germany and on Its Potential Connections with Some Baltic Words
Ulm and related place names have so far been etymologized in four ways. One was discarded early on. The other three make sense semantically, but only two of them are also phonologically viable. It will be shown that this group of names is most probably related to PGerm. *ulma- ‘foul(ness), rot, putridity’. The idea to connect the names with PGerm. *u̯al(l), *u̯ul ‘to boil’ fails phonologically. The etymology claiming an ‘Old European’ hydronym as…
Das Historische Ortsnamenbuch von Thüringen
Der Beitrag nimmt die 2023 begonnenen Arbeiten am Historischen Ortsnamenbuch von Thüringen in den Blick, schildert seine Entstehungsgeschichte und stellt die geplanten Arbeitsschritte vor
Zum Ortsnamen Artern
The Thuringian place name Artern has so far found two explanations, one (pre-)Proto-Germanic and one German. The comparison of the two etymologies, which seem to have existed side-by-side for decades without the proponents of either suggestion really having taken notice of the other one, shows that the (pre)-Germanic solution firstly does not make sense per se, and secondly, even if it did, it appears unnecessary for methodological reasons since …
Anmerkungen zur Problematik der Erklärungen des Ortsamen(bestandteil)s Büttel/-büttel
This article examines the explanations for the place name (component) -büttel/Büttel presented to date and concludes that it is still not possible to derive the name (component) without contradiction or without the assumption of analogical processes. The older derivations are presented at the current level of historical (comparative) linguistics and the traditional possibilities of linkage are retraced, but even the knowledge gained in the last t…
Zur ‘alteuropäischen Hydronymie’ – bzw. dem, was von ihr übrig bleibt
The article deals with two topics. First, it addresses the presumed roots uridg. *en-/*on- ‘to flow’ and uridg. *(h1)leik- ‘bend’ as pure ghost roots, and the popular root uridg. *el/*ol- as a ‘semantic ghost root’ (it never has an appellative meaning ‘to flow’). Second, it examines the names Main, Isar, Rhine, Ruhr and their relatives, questioning whether they can actually serve as arguments in favour of an ‘Old European hydronymy’, given that t…
Corrigenda und Addenda zu den Etymologien von ahd. musina und slav. (?) cumin
This article clarifies the etymologies of the Old High German glosses musina and cumin . It will be shown that musina can indeed be etymologized as originally Slavic (though some details must be added to an older explanation), while cumin is more likely to be an Old High German loanword from Slavic, because the way the word is spelled cannot be explained, if the word is Slavic
Zur Eindeutschung slawischer Ortsnamen in Bayern
The way in which Slavic names in Bavaria have been transmitted into Old High German has been well researched already, but open questions remain. It is possible to date the loan processes when the names contain sounds with diagnostic value or show datable sound changes, such as the metathesis of liquids or the rounding of Proto-Slavic * a to Common Slavic * o or when Slavic * b is substituted by OHG * v > f . The integration of Slavic names into O…
Rezension zu Siegfried C. Schoppe, Christian M. Schoppe und Stephan A. Schoppe, Geographische Namen im Hl. Römischen Reich Deutscher Nation
Siegfried C. Schoppe, Christian M. Schoppe und Stephan A. Schoppe: Geographische Namen im Hl. Römischen Reich Deutscher Nation (Philologia: Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse 254), Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač 2021, 624 S. – ISBN 978-3-339-12262-9, Preis: EUR 149,80 (DE)
On the Etymology of the River-name Ruhr and Some of its Central-European Cognates
Traditionally, the river-name Ruhr and its siblings are said to be derived from the root PIE * reuH - 'tear up, dig up' (outdated form of reconstruction: * reu -, * reu- , * ru - [ IEW 868]) and they are regarded as part of the so-called 'Old European hydronymy'. Reviewing the literature on the river-names Ruhr , Rur , Rulles , and the place-name Ruhla , we find that two different pre-forms tend to be reconstructed, * rūr ° and * rur °. It can be…
Zu den oberfränkischen Ortsnamen Püchitz (Lkr. Lichtenfels, ehem. Lkr. Staffelstein), Hohenpölz, Tiefenpölz (Lkr. Bamberg, Altlkr. Ebermannstadt), Pölz (Lkr. Kumbach), Pöllitz (Lkr. Kulmbach), †Pölz/P…
The article is part of a series of articles on some 25 toponyms in northeastern Bavaria (Upper Franconia). Here, the place names Püchitz, Hohenpölz/Tiefenpölz, Pölz, Pöllitz, †Pölz/Pölnitz and Weidnitz are under scrutiny.For Püchitz as well as the Pöl(l/nit)z group, traditional Slavic etymologies are compared with newer West Germanic/German ones. While for Püchitz both etymological variants are on the same level of probability (OHG *Buochinza‘pla…
Maria Carmela Benvenuto, Flavia Pompeo. Towards a Morphosyntax of Old Persian Cases
The book provides a comprehensive description of the use of the genitive case in Old Persian. In particular, it focuses on the syntactic functions and semantic roles it expresses, but also furnishes an in-depth analysis of some related phenomena that have either not yet been explained or have not yet been explained convincingly. The authors apply to the analysis of the genitive syntax of Old Persian the concepts and methodologies developed in rec…
Zur Frage der Slawizität einiger oberfränkischer Ortsnamen (Würgau, Gleußen, Feuln, Marktzeuln, Wirbenz) und Flurnamen (Külmnitz, Külmitz, Leubnitz)
The article is concerned with the etymologies of northeast Bavarian, i.e. Upper Franconian, settlement names Würgau, Gleußen, Feuln, Marktzeuln and Wirbenz and the microtoponyms Külmnitz, Külmitz and Leubnitz. While tradition had it that the settlement names are of Slavic origin, a PhD thesis published in 2016 claimed them to be of West Germanic origin. In the case of the microtoponyms Külmnitz and Külmitz only a West Germanic etymology had hithe…
Zum Ortsnamen Jena
The place-name Jena has posed a problem to etymologists for decades. It has been clear for some time that it must be connected with MHG jân m. ‘row (of mown grass, of cut down grain)’. A recent article by Karlheinz Hengst and Peter Wiesinger brought a break-through: it seems now clear that the MHG word and the place-name OHG Iani go back to an old i-stem Proto-Germ. *i̯ǣni- > West-Germ. *jāni-. The further etymology of the word can now be given m…
Zur Verwendung der Lokalpartikeln im Mykenischen
Arelape, Tergolape, Interlaken
From PIE to OCS
From PIE to OCS: ALG or MAC?*0. The Slavonic languages present a real challenge to I(ndo-)E(uropean) studies. (In keeping with British usage, Slavonic will be used throughout this review.) The problem is that their development was most peculiar, especially in the field of morphology. In order to grasp the problem one has to bear in mind the characteristic traits of IE morphology. It is assumed that IE prior to its dissolution was a highly inflect…
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From PIE to OCS
From PIE to OCS: ALG or MAC?*0. The Slavonic languages present a real challenge to I(ndo-)E(uropean) studies. (In keeping with British usage, Slavonic will be used throughout this review.) The problem is that their development was most peculiar, especially in the field of morphology. In order to grasp the problem one has to bear in mind the characteristic traits of IE morphology. It is assumed that IE prior to its dissolution was a highly inflect…
Arelape, Tergolape, Interlaken
Zur Verwendung der Lokalpartikeln im Mykenischen
Zum Ortsnamen Jena
The place-name Jena has posed a problem to etymologists for decades. It has been clear for some time that it must be connected with MHG jân m. ‘row (of mown grass, of cut down grain)’. A recent article by Karlheinz Hengst and Peter Wiesinger brought a break-through: it seems now clear that the MHG word and the place-name OHG Iani go back to an old i-stem Proto-Germ. *i̯ǣni- > West-Germ. *jāni-. The further etymology of the word can now be given m…
Zur Frage der Slawizität einiger oberfränkischer Ortsnamen (Würgau, Gleußen, Feuln, Marktzeuln, Wirbenz) und Flurnamen (Külmnitz, Külmitz, Leubnitz)
The article is concerned with the etymologies of northeast Bavarian, i.e. Upper Franconian, settlement names Würgau, Gleußen, Feuln, Marktzeuln and Wirbenz and the microtoponyms Külmnitz, Külmitz and Leubnitz. While tradition had it that the settlement names are of Slavic origin, a PhD thesis published in 2016 claimed them to be of West Germanic origin. In the case of the microtoponyms Külmnitz and Külmitz only a West Germanic etymology had hithe…
On the Etymology of the River-name Ruhr and Some of its Central-European Cognates
Traditionally, the river-name Ruhr and its siblings are said to be derived from the root PIE * reuH - 'tear up, dig up' (outdated form of reconstruction: * reu -, * reu- , * ru - [ IEW 868]) and they are regarded as part of the so-called 'Old European hydronymy'. Reviewing the literature on the river-names Ruhr , Rur , Rulles , and the place-name Ruhla , we find that two different pre-forms tend to be reconstructed, * rūr ° and * rur °. It can be…
Zu den oberfränkischen Ortsnamen Püchitz (Lkr. Lichtenfels, ehem. Lkr. Staffelstein), Hohenpölz, Tiefenpölz (Lkr. Bamberg, Altlkr. Ebermannstadt), Pölz (Lkr. Kumbach), Pöllitz (Lkr. Kulmbach), †Pölz/P…
The article is part of a series of articles on some 25 toponyms in northeastern Bavaria (Upper Franconia). Here, the place names Püchitz, Hohenpölz/Tiefenpölz, Pölz, Pöllitz, †Pölz/Pölnitz and Weidnitz are under scrutiny.For Püchitz as well as the Pöl(l/nit)z group, traditional Slavic etymologies are compared with newer West Germanic/German ones. While for Püchitz both etymological variants are on the same level of probability (OHG *Buochinza‘pla…
Maria Carmela Benvenuto, Flavia Pompeo. Towards a Morphosyntax of Old Persian Cases
The book provides a comprehensive description of the use of the genitive case in Old Persian. In particular, it focuses on the syntactic functions and semantic roles it expresses, but also furnishes an in-depth analysis of some related phenomena that have either not yet been explained or have not yet been explained convincingly. The authors apply to the analysis of the genitive syntax of Old Persian the concepts and methodologies developed in rec…
Rezension zu Siegfried C. Schoppe, Christian M. Schoppe und Stephan A. Schoppe, Geographische Namen im Hl. Römischen Reich Deutscher Nation
Siegfried C. Schoppe, Christian M. Schoppe und Stephan A. Schoppe: Geographische Namen im Hl. Römischen Reich Deutscher Nation (Philologia: Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse 254), Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač 2021, 624 S. – ISBN 978-3-339-12262-9, Preis: EUR 149,80 (DE)
Zur Eindeutschung slawischer Ortsnamen in Bayern
The way in which Slavic names in Bavaria have been transmitted into Old High German has been well researched already, but open questions remain. It is possible to date the loan processes when the names contain sounds with diagnostic value or show datable sound changes, such as the metathesis of liquids or the rounding of Proto-Slavic * a to Common Slavic * o or when Slavic * b is substituted by OHG * v > f . The integration of Slavic names into O…
Zur ‘alteuropäischen Hydronymie’ – bzw. dem, was von ihr übrig bleibt
The article deals with two topics. First, it addresses the presumed roots uridg. *en-/*on- ‘to flow’ and uridg. *(h1)leik- ‘bend’ as pure ghost roots, and the popular root uridg. *el/*ol- as a ‘semantic ghost root’ (it never has an appellative meaning ‘to flow’). Second, it examines the names Main, Isar, Rhine, Ruhr and their relatives, questioning whether they can actually serve as arguments in favour of an ‘Old European hydronymy’, given that t…
Corrigenda und Addenda zu den Etymologien von ahd. musina und slav. (?) cumin
This article clarifies the etymologies of the Old High German glosses musina and cumin . It will be shown that musina can indeed be etymologized as originally Slavic (though some details must be added to an older explanation), while cumin is more likely to be an Old High German loanword from Slavic, because the way the word is spelled cannot be explained, if the word is Slavic
On the Etymology of the Place Name Ulm and Its Relatives in Germany and on Its Potential Connections with Some Baltic Words
Ulm and related place names have so far been etymologized in four ways. One was discarded early on. The other three make sense semantically, but only two of them are also phonologically viable. It will be shown that this group of names is most probably related to PGerm. *ulma- ‘foul(ness), rot, putridity’. The idea to connect the names with PGerm. *u̯al(l), *u̯ul ‘to boil’ fails phonologically. The etymology claiming an ‘Old European’ hydronym as…
Das Historische Ortsnamenbuch von Thüringen
Der Beitrag nimmt die 2023 begonnenen Arbeiten am Historischen Ortsnamenbuch von Thüringen in den Blick, schildert seine Entstehungsgeschichte und stellt die geplanten Arbeitsschritte vor
Zum Ortsnamen Artern
The Thuringian place name Artern has so far found two explanations, one (pre-)Proto-Germanic and one German. The comparison of the two etymologies, which seem to have existed side-by-side for decades without the proponents of either suggestion really having taken notice of the other one, shows that the (pre)-Germanic solution firstly does not make sense per se, and secondly, even if it did, it appears unnecessary for methodological reasons since …
Anmerkungen zur Problematik der Erklärungen des Ortsamen(bestandteil)s Büttel/-büttel
This article examines the explanations for the place name (component) -büttel/Büttel presented to date and concludes that it is still not possible to derive the name (component) without contradiction or without the assumption of analogical processes. The older derivations are presented at the current level of historical (comparative) linguistics and the traditional possibilities of linkage are retraced, but even the knowledge gained in the last t…
Etymological Addenda to Some Thoughts on Celtic Place-Names and a Gaulish Appellative
Several river names in Germany (e.g., Inn , in antiquity Aenus ) and Austria (e.g., Enns , in antiquity and the Middle Ages Anisa , Anisus ), but also in Lithuania (e.g. Anatà , Anýkšté ) and in Ukraine ( Onut ) were traditionally analyzed as continuing the ‘hydronymic root PIE * en ‐/* on ‐’. This root, however, is a ghost-root, even if it is reconstructed according to current conventions as PIE * h 1 en ( H )‐. The Central European names are mo…
Zum Ortsnamen Boderitz (Lkr. Altenburger Land)
This article proposes a new etymology for the place name Boderitz. The traditional account views the name as deriving from OSorb. *Podbreźe, onymised from OSorb. *pod(e)brez’e ( ‘Proto-Sorb.’/OUSorb. *po-debr-ica ‘the place near the ravine/valley’
Linguistics and language evolution (17 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · Etymology (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (6 works) · History (6 works) · German (5 works) · Linguistic and Cultural Studies (5 works) · Linguistic research and analysis (5 works) · Slavic languages (5 works)