Germania Semitica (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [Tilsm])

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9783110301106


Germania Semitica describes linguistic and cultural Semitic influences on Early Germanic at two points in space and time: fifth to third century Proto-Germanic when a Phoenician, namely Carthaginian, superstrate influenced the lexicon, grammar, writing system, and religion in the Germanic homeland, the pre-Christian British Isles, when Semitic substrates shaped the structure of the Celtic languages as well as, indirectly, English. This book is a must for anyone interested in the origin of Germanic language and culture.