Liga derives from the root proto-Indo-European *legʰ-, meaning "lie", as in the Welsh word Lleyg. The name of the French river in fact derives from the Latin "Liger", the latter probably from the Gallic *liga, meaning mud or silt. The term Ligurian seems to be related to Loire river. 'a Ligurian, a person from Liguria' whence Ligustikḗ λιγυστική transl. the name of the place Liguria. Ĭompare Ancient Greek: λίγυς, romanized: Lígus, lit. The formant -sc- (-sk-) is present in the names Etruscan, Basque, Gascony and is believed by some researchers to relate to maritime people or sailors. The name Liguria and Ligures predates Latin and is of obscure origin, however the Latin adjectives Ligusticum (as in Mare Ligusticum) and Liguscus reveal the original -sc- in the root ligusc-, which shortened to -s- and turned into -r- in the Latin name Liguria according to rhotacism. 3.10.1 The Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul.3.9 Subjugation of "transalpine" and "Capillati" Ligures.3.5.2 The Etruscan expansion and foundation of Genua.3.5.1.1 The Cultures of Canagrate, Polada and Golasecca.3.5.1 The Celto-Ligurian fusion in Western Alps and Po Valley.3.3 The arrival and the fusion with the Celts.2 Controversy and geographical area of ancient Liguria. Only some proper names have survived, such as the inflectional suffix -asca or -asco "village". It is generally believed that Old Ligurian developed into an Indo-European language that had particularly strong Celtic affinities, as well as similarities to Italic languages. In addition, the people were known in antiquity as Celto-Ligurians (in Greek Κελτολίγυες Keltolígues), presumably due to evidence of strong Celtic influences on their language and culture. Some think a connection with the Celts but it is a certain anachronism given that the Celtic culture arrives very late, the Celtic language family, partly based on inferences from local toponyms and from proper names that have been common in the region. Scholars have suggested that it may have been a Pre-Indo-European or non-Indo-European. Little is known about the Old Ligurian language because there are no known written records or inscriptions in it, and because it is not known where the ancient Ligurian people originally came from. However, it is generally believed that around 2000 BC, the Ligurians occupied a much larger area, including much of north-western Italy, all of northern Tuscany (the part that lies north of the Arno river), southern france, and a portion of what today is Catalonia (in the north-eastern corner of the Iberian Peninsula). In pre-Roman times, the Ligurians occupied, at a minimum, the present-day Italian region of Liguria, Piedmont south of the Po river and north-western Tuscany, and the French region of Alpes-Maritimes which is also in the Italian geographical area. Roman Liguria, between the rivers of Var in the West, of Po in the North, and of Magra in the East.
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