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'''Geran''' is one of the seven major regions of Elondor, located between the rivers Ilathw and Kalpa. Adjacent to both the Olgish and the Aribelian domain of influence, it was a space of encounter between peoples for most of its history and is considered the homeland of the Kalparians, Norians, Yamenaens, and Wertian Olgs and often thought the place of origin of the Aribelian peoples. | '''Geran''' is one of the seven major regions of Elondor, located between the rivers Ilathw and Kalpa. Adjacent to both the Olgish and the Aribelian domain of influence, it was a space of encounter between peoples for most of its history and is considered the homeland of the Kalparians, Norians, Yamenaens, and Wertian Olgs and often thought the place of origin of the Aribelian peoples. | ||
==Etymology and Names== | ==Etymology and Names== | ||
The oldest known mention of the name is found in the inscription on the Menhir of Nambara, dated to the 16th century B.E.B., which credits Nambara, then ruler of a petty kingdom along the upper Ilathw, with <blockquote>''engeli lendes nærth Iglethi Gæran-kôrethin''<br/>‘a great victory (or many victories) against the Iglethi of Gæran’</blockquote> The ''Iglethi'' ‘people of thirst’ are thought to refer to the proto-Yamenaen Kattasi settlers who from ca. 1600 B.E.B. had begun to expand into the Geranian Heath and in the process had driven out the native Geranian population; the name ''Gæran'' itself, however, is presumably much older and originates in the [[Common Geranian|common language of the Geranians]]. It most likely derives from a Common Geranian root ''*gyār-'' ‘extension, reach, plain’ hence Kal. | The oldest known mention of the name is found in the inscription on the Menhir of Nambara, dated to the 16th century B.E.B., which credits Nambara, then ruler of a petty kingdom along the upper Ilathw, with <blockquote>''engeli lendes nærth Iglethi Gæran-kôrethin''<br/>‘a great victory (or many victories) against the Iglethi of Gæran’</blockquote> The ''Iglethi'' ‘people of thirst’ are thought to refer to the proto-Yamenaen Kattasi settlers who from ca. 1600 B.E.B. had begun to expand into the Geranian Heath and in the process had driven out the native Geranian population; the name ''Gæran'' itself, however, is presumably much older and originates in the [[Common Geranian|common language of the ''Geranians]]. It most likely derives from a Common Geranian root ''*gyār-'' ‘extension, reach, plain’ hence Kal. ''kear'' ‘bed, range’, Haj. ''gjor'' | ||
Revision as of 15:56, 7 July 2022
Geran is one of the seven major regions of Elondor, located between the rivers Ilathw and Kalpa. Adjacent to both the Olgish and the Aribelian domain of influence, it was a space of encounter between peoples for most of its history and is considered the homeland of the Kalparians, Norians, Yamenaens, and Wertian Olgs and often thought the place of origin of the Aribelian peoples.
Etymology and Names
The oldest known mention of the name is found in the inscription on the Menhir of Nambara, dated to the 16th century B.E.B., which credits Nambara, then ruler of a petty kingdom along the upper Ilathw, with
engeli lendes nærth Iglethi Gæran-kôrethin
‘a great victory (or many victories) against the Iglethi of Gæran’
The Iglethi ‘people of thirst’ are thought to refer to the proto-Yamenaen Kattasi settlers who from ca. 1600 B.E.B. had begun to expand into the Geranian Heath and in the process had driven out the native Geranian population; the name Gæran itself, however, is presumably much older and originates in the common language of the Geranians. It most likely derives from a Common Geranian root *gyār- ‘extension, reach, plain’ hence Kal. kear ‘bed, range’, Haj. gjor
either with the Olgish nominalizing suffix -an, or directly from a form *gyārhāɲ ‘plain of heather’.
Geography
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