On the origin and historical evolution of toponymy on the territory of Romania

Revue Roumaine de Géographie. - 2011. - Volume 55, issue
1. - P. 23-36.The present paper was elaborated in connection with the two-volume Gazetteer of Romania (2008–2009), published under the Romanian Academy’s Project No. iI/2000–2009, parts of the paper having being introduced in the university course Toponimie geografică românească, Sibiu, 2002.Contents
Pre-Indo-European toponyms
Old Indo-European toponyms
Thraco-Geto-Dacian toponyms
Latin toponyms
Greek and Byzantine toponyms
Slavic toponyms
Romanian toponyms
Toponyms from the Thraco-Geto-Dacian word-stock
Toponyms from the Latin word-stock
Toponyms from the Slavic word-stock
Toponyms from the Bulgarian word-stock
Toponyms from the Serbo-Croatian word-stock
Toponyms from the Ukrainian word-stock
Toponyms from the Petcheneg-Cumanian word-stock
Toponyms from the Tartar word-stock
Toponyms from the Osmanli Turkish word-stock
Toponyms from the Hungarian word-stock
Toponyms from the German word-stock
Toponyms from the neo-Greek word-stock
Toponyms originating from anthroponyms
Ethnotoponyms originating from names of peoples
Hagyonyms or toponyms of religious origin
Toponyms recently assigned by the administration
New slavic toponyms
Toponyms of Bulgarian origin
Toponyms of Serbo-Croatian origin
Toponyms of Ukrainian and Lippovan-Russian origin
Old Turkish toponyms
Toponyms of Petcheneg – Cumanian origin
Toponyms of Osmanli-Turkish and Tartar origin
Fino-Ugric toponyms
Toponyms of Hungarian origin
Toponyms of german origin
Conclusions