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1 Anthroponyms
o 1.1 A
o 1.2 B
o 1.3 C
o 1.4 D
o 1.5 K
o 1.6 M
o 1.7 N
o 1.8 O
o 1.9 P
o 1.10 R
o 1.11 S
o 1.12 T
o 1.13 V
o 1.14 Z
2 Toponyms
o 2.1 Hydronyms
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
o 5.1 Ancient
o 5.2 Modern
6 Further reading
7 External links
Anthroponyms[edit]
See also: List of Dacian kings
Around 1150 Dacian anthroponyms and 900 toponyms have been preserved in ancient sources.[1][2] As far as the onomastic of Dacians and Thracians is concerned, opinions are divided. According to Crossland (1982), the evidence of names from the Dacian, Mysian and Thracian area seems to indicate divergence of a 'Thraco-Dacian' language into northern and southern groups of dialects, but not so different as to rank Thracian and Dacian as separate languages, There were also the development of special tendencies in word formation and of certain secondary phonetic features in each group.[3] Mateescu (1923), Rosetti (1978) sustain that Thracian onomastic include elements that are common to Geto-Dacians and Bessians (a Thracian tribe).[4] A part of researchers support that onomastically, Dacians are not different from the other Thracians in Roman Dacia’s inscriptions.[5] But recently, D. Dana basing himself on new onomastic material recorded in Egyptian ostraka suggested criteria which would make possible to distinguish between closely related Thracian and Dacian-Moesian names and singled out certain specific elements for the latter.[6]
In Georgiev’s opinion (1960; 1977) Dacian placenames and personal names are "completely different" from their Thracian counterparts.[7]
Several Dacian names have also been identified with ostracons of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt,[8] i.e. Dadas and Dadazi,[9]Zoutoula,[10] Dotos and Dotouzi,[11] Dieri and Diernais,[10] Diengis,[10] Dida(s),[10] Blaikisa,[12] Blegissa,[12] Diourdanos,[12] Thiadicem,[12] Avizina,[12] Dourpokis,[12] Kaigiza,[13]Dardiolai,[14] Denzibalos (see also Dacian king name Deki-balos),[14] Denzi-balus (attested in Britain),[14] Pouridour,[15] Thiaper and Tiatitis,[16] Dekinais,[14] *Rolouzis,[16] (SeeOstraca from Krokodilo and Didymoi)
A[edit]
Dacian name
Possible etymology
Attestation Notes
AvizinaOstracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [12]
Probably related to Vezina.
B[edit]
Dacian
namePossible etymology Attestation Notes
Bastiza
Name frequently found at Mons Claudianus i.e. two persons have this name on a list of Dacian names but also this name is thepatronyme of the soldier named
The name ‘’bast’’ is found in Thrace (cf. Decev) but never as Bastiza.[17]
Diernaios.[17]
Bikili(s)
Decebal's friend (Dio Cassius) [18]
Blegissa
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [12]
Blaesus
Chid of a soldier of cohors I Aelia Dacorum[19]
Blaikisa
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [12]
Brasus
Inscription at Apulum[20] that reads: Mucatra, son of Brasus, had a son and heir Mucapor Mucatralis[21]
According to Mommsen (1887) the name formed by the compounds with –poris i.e. Mucaporis appear as Thracian and as Dacian in numerous cases[22]
Burebista
"Possessor of so much" cf Sanskrit bhuri"plenty, so much" and cf Ancient Iranianvicta "possessor",[23][24]
King of Dacians (Strabo,[25] Jordanes and Decree of Dionysopolis)
See also: Buri, Buridavense, Buridava, Buricodava. See also Ariovistus.
C[edit]
Dacian Possible Attestation Notes
name etymology
Comosicus
Priest and king of Dacians (Jordanes[26]
CotisoCotiso 'loved' [27]
king of Dacians [27]
Tomaschek compared this name with the name Cotela of a Getian prince
and with the name Cotys, name of several princes of Thracian Odrysians and Sapaeans. Also, he compared with the name Kotys of the Thracian goddess worshipped by the Edonians, a tribe that lived around Pangaion Mountain. He sees here again, the letter "o" as an obscured indistinct, pronunciation of “a”. Therefore, he compared Cotiso with the Bactrian Kata "loved" [27]
D[edit]
Dacian name Possible etymology Attestation Notes
DablosaHe is attested at Mons Claudianus(O. Claud. II 402 and 403).[9]
Dadas
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [9]
Dadazi
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [9]
Daizus Thraco-Getian name Daizus Comozoi, interfectus a Castabocis.
[28] Daizus Comozoi is a "Royal" Dacian name found also with Thracians from south of the Danube.[29]
Damanais
Damanais attested at Mons Claudianus as the father of the Dacian soldier Dida from Krokodilo.[14]
Dapyx king of Dacians [27]
Dardanos‘Darda-‘ appears as both Daco-Mysian and Thracian.[30]
Dardiolai
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [14]
Decaeneus"The one who knows" (dak, dek cf Sanskritdasa) or "The Dacian" [24]
High priest and king of Dacians (Strabo,[31] Dio Cassius,Jordanes)
DecibalusChid of a soldier of cohors I Aelia Dacorum[19]
Decebalus Dacian word balas /balos is from PIE *bel 'strong, power' cf. Sanskrit bala "force" [32] and Dece from PIE *dek ‘to take, to honor’[33]
Also, it had been suggested Decebalus "The force of the Dacians" [24]
King of Dacians (Dio Cassius)
Originally named Diurpaneus, after his victory against Romans he was called Decebalus ("The brave one")[34]
Many interpretations are possible for the PIE
root*dek that is found also with the name Decaeneus[35]
Denzibalos
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [14]
Denzibalus Attested in Britannia [14]
Dekinais
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [14]
Dicomes king of Dacians [27]
Dida
Aelius Dida - Dacian centurion of cohors I Aelia Dacorumstationed in Britannia.[19]
Dida(s)Dacian soldier from Krokodilo.[14]
DiegisDiegis / Degis from *dhegh ‘ to burn’ [36] Dacian [27]
Diengis
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [10]
Dieri
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [10]
Diernais
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [10]
Diourdanos
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [12]
Diurpaneus "admired from distance" cf. Sanskritdurepanya[35][24]
Name of the king of Dacians (Dio Cassius) He was renamed to Decebalus after victory over Romans.
It is a "Royal" Dacian name found also with Thracians from south of the Danube i.e.
Dorpanas (IGB, II, 771) and Dyrpanais (Olbia).[29]
Dourpokis
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [12]
Dotos
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [11]
Dotouzi
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [11]
DrilgisaWith the inscription CIL VI 1801 as Natopor's brother at Rome.[9]
Note also the followings names: Drigissa in Superior Moesia and Dia-giza, slave at Rome, CIL XV 2445.[9]
Dromichaetes, Dromichaeta
Name of the king of Getae[27] It appears this is a Hellenised form [27]
K[edit]
Dacian name
Possible etymology
Attestation Notes
KaigizaOstracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt[12]
KomakizaKoma-kiza / Koma-kissa is a name attested at Didymoi.[9]
The endings term correspond to the Dacian king name Komosicus.[9]
KomozoiFather of Daizus.[28] Daizus Comozoi is a "Royal" Dacian name found also with Thracians from south of the Danube.[29]
M[edit]
Dacian name
Possible etymology
Attestation Notes
Mucapor
Inscription at Apulum[20] that reads: Mucatra, son of Brasus, had a son and heir Mucapor Mucatralis[21]
These names are Thracians and Dacians (as Mucapor is attested as Dacian and as Thracian name).[22] The names containing Muca are found in Thracian but also in the proper Geto-Dacian names[37]
Mucatra
Inscription at Apulum[20] that reads: Mucatra, son of Brasus, had a son and heir Mucapor Mucatralis[21]
These names are probably Thracian, not Dacian, as Mucapor is attested as an ethnic Thracian name (see refs above).[citation needed]
N[edit]
Dacian name
Possible etymology Attestation Notes
Natoporuscf. Sanskrit nata 'bent', de nam 'bend' and cf. Nath 'lean, rely', 'seek for help'[38]
Dacian name of a prince from a Dacian royal family of the tribe of theCostoboci on a Roman inscription (II No. 1801) [38]
[39]
See also Dacian Natu-spardo (attested with Ammianus)[38]
NOTE: some scholars consider this a Thracian name.[citation needed]
O[edit]
Dacian name Possible etymology Attestation Notes
Oroles, Orola From ar-, or- ‘eagle, big bird’ [36] Name of a Dacian prince (Justin) [40]
P[edit]
Dacian name
Possible etymology Attestation Notes
Petoporus, Petipor
Name of a Dacian prince [40]
Pieporus
The first element Pie is analogue by initial and vocalism with the name Pie-figoi of a Dacian tribe mentioned by Ptolemy.[40]
The second element Porus is often met with Dacian and also with Bithynian (a Thracian tribe) names. It can be explain by the root *par ‘replenish’ nourish or *pa-la ‘king’[40]
Name of a king of the Costoboci (inscription C.1 Rom. VI, No. 1801).[40][39]
NOTE: some scholars consider this a Thracian name.[citation needed]
Pouridour
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt[15]
R[edit]
Dacian name
Possible etymology Attestation Notes
Rescuturme
The Dacian name Rescuturme can be related to the Aryan wordrai "splendor, wealth" and raevant, revant "brilliant", if "-sk" is part of a derivation.[41]
Name of a Dacian woman. Inscription (CIL III 1195),[21] [41]
cf. names Resculum (a hamlet from Dacia) andRascuporis / Rascupolis (name with Sapaean andBithynian Thracian tribes)[41]
RigozusAnthroponim.[42]
Rolouzis
Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [16]
S[edit]
Dacian name
Possible etymology
Attestation Notes
ScoryloFrom root *sker ' to leap, spin'[43]
Name of a Dacian general[41]
Also names: Scoris (Scorinis) It is a "Royal" Dacian name found also with Thracians from south of the Danube.[29]
T[edit]
Dacian name
Possible etymology Attestation Notes
Tarbus"hard, strong, powerful" cf. Bactrianthaurva (de tarva)[23]
possibly a prince of the Free Dacians[23][44]
ThiamarkosDacian king (inscription "Basileys Thiamarkos epoiei")[45]
ThiaperOstracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [16]
Tiati With the inscription CIL VI 1801 at Rome.[9]
Tiatitis Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East
Egypt [16]
Tsinna, Zinnas, Sinna
Zinnas in IOSPE I2 136, Olbia, late
1st-early 2nd century
Tsinna son of Bassus in ISM V 27,
Capidava (Scythia Minor), 2nd century
Titus Aurelius Sinna
from Ratiaria (Moesia Superior) in CIL III
14507, Viminacium (Moesia Superior),
year 195
Sinna in a military diploma for year
246 (no other details provided, but it was
published by Peter Weiss in "Ausgewahlte
neue Militardiplome" in Chiron 32 (2002),
p. 513-7)
TsiruTsiru son of Bassus in ISM V 27, Capidava (Scythia Minor), 2nd century[46]
V[edit]
Dacian name Possible etymology Attestation Notes
Vezina 'Active, vigorous, energetic ' PIE *ueg [47] Dacian name[23]
Z[edit]
Dacian name Possible etymology Attestation Notes
Zalmoxis Dacian god[23]
Zebeleizis, Gebeleizis, Gebeleixis, Nebeleizis
Other name of the Dacian god Zalmoxis [23]
Zia
"mare" cf. Thracian Ziaka, Sanskrit hayaka "horse" (SeeZiacatralis Thracian name, that is "who feeds the horses")[23]
Dacian name of a princess[23] Variant Ziais
Zyraxes
"Powerful prince" cf. Bactrian Zura, Zavare "power" and cf. Khsaya"prince" [48]
Prince of the Getae [48]
A similar name's form is found in the city name Zurobarawhere bara / vara="city" and zuro="fortified"[48]
See also Zurobara
Toponyms[edit]
See also: List of Dacian towns and Davae
No
Dacian name EtymologyModern
city/LocationAttestatio
nNotes
1 Acidava (Acidaua)Enoşeşti, Olt County, Romania
Tabula Peutingeriana[
49]
2 Amutria (Amutrion, Amutrium,Admutrium,[50] Ad Mutrium, Ad Mutriam, Ancient Greek:Ἀμούτριον[51])
Hypothetically located at one of the following sites inOltenia (Southwestern Romania):
Valea
Perilor,
commune Căt
unele, Gorj
County[52]
Motru, Go
rj County[53]
Gura
Motrului,
Ptolemy's Geographia, Tabula Peutingeriana[
54]
No
Dacian name EtymologyModern
city/LocationAttestatio
nNotes
commune But
oieşti,Mehedi
nţi County[53]
Botoşeşti-
Paia, Dolj
County[50]
3 Apula (Apulon)
Piatra Craivii, 20 km North of Alba-Iulia, Romania
Tabula Peutingeriana[
49]
Apulum in Latin, see alsoApuli
4 Bersobis (Berzobim)
"White, shine" including birch-tree from root *bhereg > ber(e)z [55]
Alternatively, it could be compared with Berzama, place name from Thrace between Amhialos and Kabyle andBactrian Bareza ‘height’ [18]
Modern Berzovia village inCaras-Severin county, on the bank of river Bârzava, Romania
The sole surviving sentence from Trajan's campaign journal in the Latin grammar work of Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae [
56]
5 Napoca (Napuca) The followings are the most important hypotheses regardingNapoca's etymology:
Dacian
name
having the
Cluj-Napoca, Romania[60]
Tabula Peutingeriana[
49] [60]
No
Dacian name EtymologyModern
city/LocationAttestatio
nNotes
same root
"nap" (cf.
ancientArm
enian root
"nap") with
that of the
Dacia's
river
Naparis
attested
by Herodot
us. It has an
augmentati
ve suffix
uk/ok i.e.
over,
great [38]
Name
derived
from that of
the
Dacianized
Scythian tri
be known
as Napae [57]
Name
probably
akin to the
indigenous
(Thracian)
element
No
Dacian name EtymologyModern
city/LocationAttestatio
nNotes
in Romania
n language,
the word
năpârcă
'viper'
cf. Albania
n nepërkë,
nepërtkë [58]
Name
derived
from
the Ancient
Greek term
napos(νάπο
ς)
"timbered
valley"
Name
derived
from
the Indo-
European *
snā-p-
(Pokorny97
1-2) "to
flow, to
swim,
damp".[59]
Independent of these hypotheses, scholars agree that the name of
No
Dacian name EtymologyModern
city/LocationAttestatio
nNotes
the settlement predates the Roman conquest (AD 106).[59]
Hydronyms[edit]
No
Dacian name
EtymologyModern
name/Location
Attestation
Notes
1Donaris(Τάναις)
The name Dānuvius is presumably a loan from Celtic (Gaulish), or possibly Iranian. It is one of a number of river names derived from an Indo-European word *dānu, apparently a term for "river", but possibly also of a primeval cosmic river, and of a river goddess (see Danu (Asura)), perhaps from a root *dā "to flow/wift, rapid, violent, undisciplined."
Other river names with the same etymology include Don, Donets, Dnieper and Dniestr. Dniepr and Dniestr, fromDanapris and Danastius, are from Scythian *Dānu apara "posterior river" and *Dānu nazdya- "anterior river", respectively.[61]
Danube (upper)[62]
2 Istros
The Ancient Greek Istros was a borrowing from Thracian/Dacian meaning "strong, swift", akin to Sanskrit is.iras"swift".[62]
Danube (lower)[62]
3 Naparis a) According to Russu 'Flow' / 'moisture' It has probably the same
Ialomita Herodotus (IV
No
Dacian name
EtymologyModern
name/Location
Attestation
Notes
root with Napoca (Nowadays Cluj-Napoca) [63]
b) According to Parvan, after Tomaschek the meaning is similar with Lith. Napras in which there is a high probability of the root nebh-“to spring”. [64] c) According to Bogrea, 'spring' compared with Old Persian napas‘spring’ [64]
48), [63] [65]
See also[edit]
Dacian language
List of Dacian plant names
List of Romanian words of possible Dacian origin
Davae
List of Dacian towns
List of Dacian tribes
List of Dacian kings
List of historical monuments in Romania
Listă de denumiri geografice daciceDe la Wikipedia, enciclopedia liberă
Aceasta este o listă de denumiri geografice din perioada Dacilor (nu toate de origine dacică), cu echivalentul românesc actual și sursa (grecească sau latină) în care se face referire.
Limbile Daco-Traco-Ilire.
Uneori surse diferite foloseau scrieri diferite ale aceluiași cuvânt, de aceea aici sunt scrise toate variantele.
Râuri[modificare | modificare sursă]
Alutus, Aloutas - Olt (Ptolemeu, Iordanes)
Amutrion, Amutria - Motru
Argessos, Ordessos - Argeș
Crisus - Criș
Hyerassus, Tiarantos, Gerasus, Seratos - Siret
Istros, Donaris - Dunărea
Maris, Marisos - Mureș (Herodot, Strabon)
[B]useos - Buzău (în original Μ[π]ουσεος, iar Μπ se pronunță B)
Naparis - Ialomița
Patissus, Pathissus, Tisia - Tisa
Pyretus, Pyretos, Pyresos, Porata - Prut
Rabon - Jiu
Samus - Someș
Sargetia - Strei
Tyras - Nistru
Tibisis - Timiș (Herodot)