O.K, but placenames like Lubenik and Ljubljana probably cannot be
derived from *lubU 'bast, strip of wood or bark' and neither from
*ljubiti > 'love'.
Oldest attested name for Ljubljana is Luwigana (slavic form) and
Laibach (german form). Landscape around Ljubljana is dominated by an
exposed round hill, so, I tend to connect Ljubljana with *lUbI 'head,
skull', rather then love. Why not? What love can have with one
medieval burg located on top of hill?
I do not insist on Lomnica from Lobnica, but that also, could be
possibility.
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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
> 19-01-04 12:32, andelkod wrote:
>
> You're confusing several different etymological bases, such as
*lUbU ~
> *lUbI 'head, skull', *lubU 'bast, strip of wood or bark', *ljubiti
> 'love', and *lomiti 'break'. No connections, just similarity.
>
> Piotr