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The Solar–Iron & Fire–Nation/Castle Convergence Hypothesis in Northeast Asian Onomastics

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This study proposes that early Northeast Asian solar symbolism predates metallurgy, and that with the introduction of iron technology, the same phonological clusters used to denote the sun were reapplied to iron and related authority. This convergence produced overlapping lexical domains across place names, ethnonyms, and divine titles. Dental and alveolar consonants emerge as dominant in both semantic fields, reflecting a shared cognitive metaphor of piercing, heat, and power.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17798700

Author: Konno, Tetsuo

Language: English

Topic: Linguistics and language evolution

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7108454159

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