Author(s)

Elena A. Mironova, Konstantin N. Shkvarya

Department of Linguistics and Cross-Cultural Communication, Rostov State University of Economics, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

This article presents a new approach in the field of protolanguage study on the basis of the hypothesis (Mironova, 2008) about protosyllables of protolanguage preserved in the modern place names. The protosyllable -*kam- exists since ancient times in hydronyms and oronyms, and shows the presence of common ancient meaning in their phonetic arrangement. The research reveals this common meaning inserted in the protosyllable -*kam-, which reflects the attitude of migrated tribes to the sacred mountains and mountain ranges on the one hand and water sources on the other. The traces of these migrated tribes can be found according to the up-to-date investigations in the field of archaeology (stone artifacts in the shape of a bear and an elk), in the field of DNA-genealogy (the data about “Malta boy” Y-chromosome haplogroup R) and in the field of the Paleolithic religious cult study (common features of the united religious cult of the Great Goddess of the Paleolithic in Eurasia, including: heart-like and anthropomorphic images on the surfaces and on the corners of the stones, boulders and cliffs).

Protolanguage, Protosyllables, Place Names, Ancient Migrations, DNA-Genealogy, Eurasian Paleolithic Cult, Great Goddess, Interdisciplinary Approach

Mironova, E. and Shkvarya, K. (2018) Reasons for the Wide Spread of the Protosyllable -*kam- (and Its Phonetic Variants -*kham-, -*cham-) in the Modern Place-Names (Multidisciplinary Approach). Advances in Anthropology, 8, 273-288. doi: 10.4236/aa.2018.84011.