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ROMANIAN ONOMASTIC MENTIONS RELATED TO OLD POLITICAL-ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES AT LOCAL LEVEL
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Among the ancient testimonies of presence of Romanian ancestors in Carpatho-Balkan area, we will refer to the terms related to old political-administrative structures, inherited either from Thracian-Dacian language, or from the period of their Romanization (jude, primicer = leader). We will pay special attention to Thracian- Dacian terms moș = old man – and bătrân = old man – evolved from Latin. Also, the presence of local government elements is linked to development, under the influence of Greek polises of obști țărănești = peasant communities, preserved from antiquity to modern times, through many settlements derived from large patriarchal families (peasant communities), attested by suffixes like -ești, -eni/-ani, -ari and others. Of these suffixes, the most common is -ești, inherited from Thracian-Dacians, evolved from - isc/-isk. Regarding the terms highlighted by leaders of these communities, moș was used by Thracians to designate the members of Council – elite of peasant community. After Romanization of Thracian-Dacians, moș remained to unearth the founder of village (often legendary), frequently preserved in the name of locality, to which the suffix -ești is attached. The members of Council were named bătrân, a term of Latin origin, as well as jude and primic(h)er (used rarely), who were given the role of naming the leaders of the council. Jude – or primic(h)er – became ancestors of primar = mayor, and Council of Elders – predecessor of Consiliul Local = Local Council, both institutions appearing after Union of Principalities (1859). For mapping this anthroponyms we used two category of methods: of collection of data (documentary sources) and of analysis and interpretation of data (included cartographic method by hierarchic ascendant classification and geographic method). After collecting and preparing of data, the mapping of information highlights the great importance of these old Romanian terms
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