Kreteńskie hydronimy pochodne od nazw terenowych

Abstract

Cretan Hydronyms Derived from Field Names In the article, the author discusses as many as 515 Cretan river names derived from proper names of various geographical objects. This group of hydronyms represents 11% of all of modern hydronyms of the island (4666 names). Most of them (501) were attested only in the 20th century. From the formal point of view, we can distinguish in the analysed semantic database: simple and composed hydronyms (respectively, 370; 71.8%, and 121; 23.5%), and elliptic river names (24; 4.7%). Numerous hydronyms have been copied from the names of Cretan gorges (110; 21.3%), slopes (51; 10%), hills and mountains (40; 7.8%), valleys and mountain valleys (32; 6.2%), caves (9), plains (8), and headlands (6).

Keywords

• microtoponymy
• Crete
• Greek hydronyms
• Cretan dialect