Benennungsmotiv

plural Bennenungsmotive

1. human sciencesThe semantic reasoning behind an etymological derivation.

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   Blasco Ferrer's methodology, like his conclusions, are deeply problematic. First and foremost, it is impossible to establish the Benennungsmotive of the hundreds of pre-Roman Sardinian toponyms. As a consequence, the meanings attributed to them are exclusively based on the proposed Basque etymologies and therefore speculative to the extreme.

   2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 19