|
The word Tauern is German and originally meant "high mountain pass" in the Austrian Central Alps, referring to the many bridleways and passes of the parallel side valleys of the River Salzach that cut into the mountain ranges. From the Middle Ages, when mining reached its heyday, the word "Tauern" was also used to name the corresponding ranges. The name has survived in many local placenames today. == Etymology== The derivation of the name "Tauern" has been variously ascribed: * One view is that the name "Tauern" is an old substrate word ('' *taur-'' for "mountain" > ‚"mountain pass, crossing"), which passed directly (less probable) or via the Slavic language (more likely) into German. (The name "Tauern" is probably pre-Slavic, but there is also a common Slavic word, ''tur-'' "swelling" > "ridge", "elongated hillock", etc.'').〔Heinz-Dieter Pohl: (''Kärnten – deutsche and slowenische Namen. Namenkundliche Grundlagen'' ). In: ''members.chello.at/heinz.pohl'', 16 May 2010, accessed on 27 March 2011.〕 〔Pohl: ''Bergnamen'', pp. 17 ff.〕 * Another postulation is that the "Tauern" is the only mountain range that has kept its pre-Slavic name in Carinthia as it passed down the generations. It is derived from the Indo-Germanic '' *(s)teur-'' for "bull, great hill". The Tauern are so-to-speak the "bulls", the old ''Taurisci'' of Upper Carinthia, the mountain dwellers, with the old Upper Carinthian town of ''Teurnia'' being the corresponding mountain town.〔Kranzmayer: ''Ortsnamenbuch von Kärnten'', pp. 21.〕 If the name ''Tauern'' is pre-Slavic, it could possibly be Celtic, and thus presumably linked to the Taurisci, or it could be Illyrian, a collective term possibly for the pre- and early Celtic population in the Alpine region. There is no clear link with the name of the municipality of Thaur near Innsbruck, which could be analogous to the Illyrian for "rock", but could also be derived from the Rhaeto-Romance word ''Tgaura'' ("goat"). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tauern」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|