Etymology in onomastic studies

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The Indo-European languages that have survived up to our times are divided into the following subgroups : Indo-Iranian, Balto-Slavic, Hellenic, Italic , Celtic and Germanic.

There are other two languages : Albanian and Armenian which are also Indo-European but do not fit into any of the precedent subgroups. Other two : Anatolian and Tocharian are no longer spoken.

Indo-European is actually a reconstructed language , created during the process of explaining similarities between linguistic forms pertaining to different languages . Such a process is based on what linguists call the comparative method and by using it they have been able to point out similarities between English and the Germanic languages .

For example, linguists have revealed the resemblance between English father and German vater, Dutch vader, Icelandic fathir, Norwegian , Danish and Swedish fader. The conclusion was that English is a member of the Germanic family of languages .

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Introduction..................4

Chapter 1 An Approach to the Origins of the English Language..........6

Chapter 2 The Importance of Etymology in Onomastic Studies............18

Chapter 3 The English Naming System. Sources................30

Chapter 4 Word Formation Processes within the English Naming System.....57

Conclusions...................65

Appendix.......................66

Bibliography...................88