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==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 | 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)<ref>In the [[Olgish Dialects|Ebrinine dialect]] of [[Early Old Olgish]], ''engel'' (''jengíl'' in the [[Olgish Dialects|dialect of Soskilón]]) could denote either size or quantity, and number was not yet consistently marked on nouns, ''lendes'' ‘battle’ being a singular form (cf. ''lendis'' in Soskilón). The '' | <blockquote>''engeli lendes nærth Iglethi Gæran-kôrethin''<br/>‘a great victory (or many victories)<ref>In the [[Olgish Dialects|Ebrinine dialect]] of [[Early Old Olgish]], ''engel'' (''jengíl'' in the [[Olgish Dialects|dialect of Soskilón]]) could denote either size or quantity, and number was not yet consistently marked on nouns, ''lendes'' ‘battle’ being a singular form (cf. ''lendis'' in Soskilón). The ''‑i'' suffix has been variably interpreted as either signifying plural to ''engel'', yielding a meaning closer to ‘many battles’, as an elative suffix, creating ‘a very great battle’, or as actually part of a second word ''ilendes'', then meaning ‘a great slaughter’.</ref> against the Iglethi of the Gæran-heath’</blockquote> | ||
The ''Iglethi'' ‘people of thirst’ are thought to refer to the [[Yamenaens|proto-Yamenaen]] [[Western Kattasi Peoples|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 [[Geranians|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’ and Haj. ''gor'' ‘plain, field, garden’), either with the [[Olgish Languages|Olgish]] nominalizing suffix '' | The ''Iglethi'' ‘people of thirst’ are thought to refer to the [[Yamenaens|proto-Yamenaen]] [[Western Kattasi Peoples|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 [[Geranians|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’ and Haj. ''gor'' ‘plain, field, garden’), either with the [[Olgish Languages|Olgish]] nominalizing suffix ''‑an'', or directly from a form ''*gyārhāɲ'' ‘plain of heather’. The extent of the area so denoted is not known, and it can be presumed that the term was applied somewhat loosely to any region north of the Ilathw, or, by extension, north of [[Belkondíl]]. | ||
In Olgish, the term is usually rendered as '''Gäran''' or '''Geran''', becoming '''Géran''' or '''Géryn''' in [[Wertian Language|Wertian]]. The Kattasi themselves called the land '''Oṣṣale''' ‘north’, referring to its location north(west) of their ancestral kingdoms in the western [[Reknayan Mountains|Reknaya]]. After the foundation of [[Kingdom of Yamenna|Yamenna]], this term was applied to the lands even further north and survives as the region of [[Oshale]] in southern [[Aribel]]. | In Olgish, the term is usually rendered as '''Gäran''' or '''Geran''', becoming '''Géran''' or '''Géryn''' in [[Wertian Language|Wertian]]. The Kattasi themselves called the land '''Oṣṣale''' ‘north’, referring to its location north(west) of their ancestral kingdoms in the western [[Reknayan Mountains|Reknaya]]. After the foundation of [[Kingdom of Yamenna|Yamenna]], this term was applied to the lands even further north and survives as the region of [[Oshale]] in southern [[Aribel]]. | ||