TITLE:
Reasons for the Wide Spread of the Protosyllable -*kam- (and Its Phonetic Variants -*kham-, -*cham-) in the Modern Place-Names (Multidisciplinary Approach)
AUTHORS:
Elena A. Mironova, Konstantin N. Shkvarya
KEYWORDS:
Protolanguage, Protosyllables, Place Names, Ancient Migrations, DNA-Genealogy, Eurasian Paleolithic Cult, Great Goddess, Interdisciplinary Approach
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Anthropology,
Vol.8 No.4,
October
15,
2018
ABSTRACT: 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).