by Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann · Antigonos Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783386174381
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«Die deutschen Ortsnamen» is Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann's essay on German toponymy, in paperback (372 pages, in German).
The book examines the origin and evolution of German place names from an etymological and philological perspective. Förstemann breaks down toponyms and relates them to settlement processes, dialectal variation and language change, tracing the history of German-speaking regions through their geographical nomenclature.
Reprint of the original 1863 work; this edition was published in May 2025.
A work of interest to historians, linguists and genealogy enthusiasts who want to understand the origin of German toponyms.
