Favonae, the Glossary
Favonae is a Latinization of Greek Phauonai, the name of a Germanic people in Ptolemy’s Geography (2.10) located in eastern Scandinavia.[1]
Table of Contents
18 relations: Chaedini, Charudes, Dauciones, Finland, Geography, Germanic languages, Germanic peoples, Greek language, Grimm's law, Indo-European languages, Kalmar, List of early Germanic peoples, Minnesota, Old English, Ptolemy, Scandinavia, Småland, Sweden.
- Prehistory of Sweden
Chaedini
The Chaedini (Latinized form) or Chaideinoi or Khaideinoi (Greek forms) were a Germanic people that are listed only in the Geography of Ptolemy. Favonae and Chaedini are early Germanic peoples.
Charudes
The Charudes or Harudes were a Germanic group first mentioned by Julius Caesar as one of the tribes who had followed Ariovistus across the Rhine. Favonae and Charudes are early Germanic peoples.
Dauciones
The Daukiones (Greek) or Dauciones (Latinization) were a Germanic tribe mentioned by Ptolemy (2.10) as living in Scandia, i.e. Scandinavia. Favonae and Dauciones are early Germanic peoples.
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.
Geography
Geography (from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία; combining 'Earth' and 'write') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa.
See Favonae and Germanic languages
Germanic peoples
The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who once occupied Northwestern and Central Europe and Scandinavia during antiquity and into the early Middle Ages.
See Favonae and Germanic peoples
Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
See Favonae and Greek language
Grimm's law
Grimm's law, also known as the First Germanic Sound Shift, is a set of sound laws describing the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) stop consonants as they developed in Proto-Germanic in the first millennium BC, first discovered by Rasmus Rask but systematically put forward by Jacob Grimm.
Indo-European languages
The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent.
See Favonae and Indo-European languages
Kalmar
Kalmar is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea.
List of early Germanic peoples
The list of early Germanic peoples is a register of ancient Germanic cultures, tribal groups, and other alliances of Germanic tribes and civilisations in ancient times. Favonae and list of early Germanic peoples are early Germanic peoples.
See Favonae and List of early Germanic peoples
Minnesota
Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.
Old English
Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (Πτολεμαῖος,; Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European science.
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.
Småland
Småland is a historical province (landskap) in southern Sweden.
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
See also
Prehistory of Sweden
- Barum Woman
- Chaemae
- Ekornavallen
- Favonae
- Firaesi
- Gerum Cloak
- Jordbro Grave Field
- Kalvträskskidan
- Lau, Gotland
- Pilane (Sweden)
- Prehistoric Sweden
- Prehistory and origin of Stockholm
- Runestone U 582
- Scandinavian prehistory
- Sitones
- Spir Mountain Cairns
- Stenkyrka
- Tofta, Gotland
- Vendel Period