ABBREVIATIONS
(?) After a bird name : uncertain attribution
(?) After a place name : locality doubtful
? After a bird name : spelling uncertain
Arrows refer either to appendices of vol. 2, or to species number in vol. 1
AA
a. ancient
a., A. before a geographical name:
alto, alta
a.eg. Old Egyptian, ancien égyptien
a.fr. ancien français, Old French
a.gr. ancien grec, Old Greek
a.litt. ancienne litterature, old literature
a.pruss. ancien prussien,
Old Prussian
Abx. Abkhaz
acoust. acoustic
adj. adjective
Afgh. Afghanistan and speeches
neighbouring its northern and eastern borders
Agr. Agrigento, Sicile
aha ancien haut allemand,
Old High German
ahd alt hochdeutsch
akk. Akkadian
Alb. albanais, Albanian
ALF Atlas linguistique
de la France
ALG Atlas linguistique
de la Gascogne
ALI Atlante linguistico d'Italia
ALJ Atlas linguistique du Jura et des Alpes
all. allemand, German
all.Tr. allemand de Transylvanie
ALMC Atlas linguistique du Massif Central
ALR Atlas linguistique roumain
Als. Alsace
alt. Altaic
amh. Amharic
Amer.N. Amérique du Nord, North America
AN Alta Navarra
And. Andalusia
Antr. Antrim (Ireland)
Antron. Val d'Antrona
app. apport, influx
ar. arabe
ar.mér. arabe méridional, southern Egypt
Arag. Aragon
aram. araméen, Aramaic
Ard. Ardennes
Arenz. Arenzano
arg. argot, argotique, slang
Arm. Armenian
art. création artificielle
AS Anglo-Saxon
Ast. Asturias
augm. augmentative
Auv. Auvergne
Ayres. Ayreshire
Azerb. Azerbaïdjan
BB
b. bas, low
b.all. bas allemand, Low German
B.Alpes Basses-Alpes
B.Engad. Basse-Engadine
B.Pyr. Basses-Pyrénées
Bal. Baleares
Balk. Balkans
BanR. Ban-de-la-Roche
Barc. Barcelona
Bass. Bassano
Bay. Bayonne
BE canton of Bern
Belg. Belgique
Bell. Belluno
berb. Berber
Berg. Bergamasco
bielor. bielorussian
Bient. Bientino
Big. Bigorre
Bisc. Biscaya, Biskaya
BN Baja Navarra
Bol. Bolognese
Born. Bornholm
Boul. Boulogne
book. bookish : a name recorded in the literature posterior to Gessner, Aldrovandi or Belon; it is not recorded in the spoken languages; it may be a borrowing, a coined name or may have a doubtful spelling
Braunschw. Braunschweig
Bresc. Bresciano
Bret. Bretagne
Bulg. Bulgarian, bulgare
Burg. Burgos
Burush. Burushaski
CC
c. centre, central, centro
Cal. Calabria
Calv. Calvados
Caltan. Caltanisetta
Campid. Campidano
Carc. Carcassone
Carp. Carpentras
Casp. Caspienne
cat. Catalan
Cat. Catalogne (continentale)
Catanz. Catanzaro
Cév. Cévennes
cf. confere, comparer
Ch.Inf. Charente-Inférieure
Chald. Chaldean
Char. Charente
Ches. Cheshire
cinét. cinétique
coll. collective : applicable to a group of species or genera.
Cord. Cordoba
Corn. Cornish, Cornwall;
en Bretagne : Cornouailles
corr. corruption
Corr. Corrèze
Cos. Cosenza
cott. (Alpes) cottiennes
Crem. Cremonese
Cushit. Cushitic
Cycl. Cyclades
DD
D. Doerfer (1963)
d.Nord département du Nord
Dalm. Dalmatie
Dan. Danish
Dauph. Dauphiné
D.Sèvres Deux-Sèvres
dial. dialectal
dim. diminutive
div. divers, various localities
Dmf. Dumfries
Dobr. Dobroudja
dom. domestic
Dord. Dordogne
Dors. Dorset
drav. dravidian
DS deutsche Schweiz
EE
e. est, east
Eg. Egypte actuelle
empr. emprunt, borrowing
Engad. Engadine
Engl. English
Eol. Isole Lipari (Eoliennes)
err. error, erroneous
Esp. espagnol, Spanish
Ess. Essex
Est. Estonian
et al. et alii, and others
et seq. et sequitur, and following
et var. et variantes, and variants
Eth. Ethiopie
etr. Etruscan
etym. etymology, etymological
FF
fém. féminin
FEW Französisches Etymologisches
Wörterbuch
finn. Finnish
Fior. Fiorentino
Fl. Flandres
flam. flemish
fr., franç. French, francophone regions
and Gallo-Romance dialects
FR canton de Fribourg
Fr.C. Franche-Comté
fr.-pr. franco-provençal
Frf. Forfar
fries. friesisch, Frisian
GG
G Guipuzcoa, Gipuzkoa
Gael.I. Gaelic of Ireland
Gael.S. Gaelic of Scotland
Gal. Galicia
Gall. Galloway
gallo-rom. gallo-romance
gallur. gallurese
Gar. Garonne
Garf. Garfagnani
Garigl. Garigliano
Gasc. Gascogne
Gât. Gâtinais
Georg. Georgian
Giud. Giudicarie
Giul. Giuliano
GE canton de Genève
gen. generic: applicable to any species within one genus
Gen. Genova
Germ. German, germanique
Gir. Gironde
Glam. Glamorgan
Glo. Gloucester
goth. Gothic
Gött. Göttingen
Gr. continental Greece
GR canton of Graubünden
Gran. Granada
Grec Modern Greek
Grubenh. Grubenhagen
Guad. Guadalajara
grus. grusinisch, Gruzinian
Guern. Guernesey
Guy. Guyenne
HH
h. high
H.Pyr. Hautes-Pyrénées
H.Sem. Hamito-semitic
Hamp. Hampshire
Hebr. Hebrew
Hebr. (English or Gaelic) Hebrides
Hedm. Hedmark
Helg. Helgoland
Heref. Hereford
hg. Hungarian
Hert. Hertfordshire
Hildesh. Hildesheim
II
I. Ile, Isle, Isla
I.E. Indo-European
I.et V. Ille-et-Vilaine
Icel. Icelandic
imit. imitative, imitation
imm. immature
incl. inclusive, includes.
ire., Ire. Irish, Ireland
isl. islandais, Icelandic
Istr. Istria
It. Italy
it., ital. italian
JJ
JU canton du Jura
juv. juvenile, young, jeune,
KK
Kab. Kabardin
kachoub. Kachoubien, Kashubian
Kirc. Kircudbright
Kr. Kreise
Kür. Kürinish
LL
l. latin
L. Lake, Lac, Lago
L (basque) Labourd, Lapurdi
L.et Cher Loir-et-Cher
L.Inf. Loire-Inférieure
Lan. Lanarks
Lanc. Lancaster
Landr. Landremont
Lat. Latin
Ldes Landes
Ldes.mar. Landes maritimes
Leic. Leicester
Lezg. Lezghian
LG Low German
Ligur. Liguria
Lim. Limousin
Linc. Lincolnshire
lit. Lithuanian
liter. literature : name attested in the literature only, without any given locality; literally
litt. littéraire, littérature; littéralement
livr. livresque : nom attesté dans la littérature ornithologique postérieure à Gessner, Aldrovandi et Belon; il n'est pas attesté dans les parlers et peut être un emprunt ou une création artificielle (v. book.)
Log. Logudoro
Logr. Logroño
Lomb. Lombardia
Loth. Lothian
Loz. Lozère
Lunév. Lunéville
Lus. Luserna (Sette Communi)
Lux. Luxembourg
MM
m. middle
mba moyen bas allemand
M. et Mos. Meurthe-et-Moselle
m.ir. Middle Irish
M.Or. Moyen-Orient, Middle East
mha moyen haut allemand
mhd mittelhochdeutsch
ML Meyer-Lübke (1911)
Maced. Macedonia
Mad. (Portuguese) Madeira
Mad. (Italian) Madonie (Sicile)
Mal. Malaga
Mall. Mallorca
Malm. Malmédy
MALR Micul Atlas Linguisticul Romîn
Mant. Mantova
Mar. Maroc
Mars. Marseilles
masc. masculin
Mass. Massaciuccoli
May. Mayenne
Meckl. Mecklenburg
Men. Menorca
Mess. Messina
Mezzol. Mezzolombardo
mha moyen haut allemand, Middle High German
Midl. Midlands
Mil. Milanese
Mittelfr. Mittelfranken
Mod. Modenese
Montb. Montbéliard
Montp. Montpellier
Mos. Moselle
moz. Mozarabic literature
Mt. Mont, Monte
NN
n. North, nord, norte
n.Cy. North Country
n.e. North-East
n.gr. néo-grec, Modern Greek
n.o. nord-ouest, North-West
N.-Tr. Nord-Trøndelag
Narb. Narbonne
Nap. Napoli
Nav. Navarra
nd. niederdeutsch
NE canton of Neuchâtel
Nederl., nl. néerlandais, Dutch
Nfch. Neufchâteau
Nhb. Northumberland
Nhp., Nhamp. Northampton
nl., nederl. néerlandais, Dutch
Noirm. Noirmoutier
nor. norsk, Norwegian
nordfries. nordfriesisch
Norm. Normandie
Nott. Nottingham
Nov. Novara
Norf. Norfolk
norw. Norwegian
NW canton de Niedwald
OO
o. ouest, oveste
o.ir. old Irish
o.liter. old literature
Oberösterr. Oberösterreich
oc occitan
occ. occident, occidental
OE Old English
Oesterr. Oesterreich, Austria
OHG Old High German
Oldenb. Oldenburg
ON Old Norse
onom. onomatopeia
Oppl. Oppland
or. orient, oriental
Ork. Orkneys
orn. ornithology
Oss. Ossola
ostfries. ostfriesisch, East Frisian
Otr. Otranto
ougarit. ougaritique, Ugaritic
OW canton d'Obwald
Oxf. Oxfordshire
PP
P.de C. Pas-de-Calais
P.de D. Puy-de-Dôme
Pad. Padovese
Pal. Palermo
Palest. Palestine
Pav. Pavese
Pel. Isole Pelagie
Pemb. Pembroke
Pér. Périgord
pers. Persian
phoen. Phenician
Piac. Piacenza
Piem. Piemonto
Pic. Picardie
Pin. Pinerolese
Pir. Pireneos
Pis. Pisano
Pit. Pityusas
Pl.M. Plancher-les-Mines
plur. plural
Pok. Pokorny (1959)
pol. Polish
Poles. Polesine
Pontev. Pontevedra
pop. popular
prob. probably
pron. pronounced
prov., Prov. provençal, Provence
précéd. precedent
PuyD. Puy-de-Dôme
Pyr. Pyrénées
Pyr.or. Pyrénées-Orientales
RR
R.Rom. rheto-romansh
Rav. Ravenna
Reckl. Recklingen
reg. regional
ReggioC Reggio, Calabria
ReggioE Reggio, Emilia
REW Romanisches
Etymologisches Wörterbuch
Rhén. Rhénanie
Roman. Romanian
Romg. Romagna
Ross. Rossellón
Rouss. Roussillon
rhot. rhotacized
Rov. Rovereto
Roxb. Roxbury
SS
s. sud, sur, South
S (basque) Soule
S. San, Santo, Sao, Saint
s.e. South-East
S.et L. Saône-et-Loire
S.et M. Seine-et-Marne
S.-Tr. South-Trøndelag
Sah.Maghr. Sahara Maghrebia
(anc. Sahara Español)
Salzb. Salzburg
Sant. Santander
Sard. Sardinia
Sass. Sassarese
Sav. Savoie
Sbc. serbo-croate
sc. scientific
scand. scandinavian
Schles.-H. Schleswig-Holstein
Scot. Scotland
Scots Engl. English of Scotland lowland
Seg. Segovia
Sen. Senese
Senig. Senigaglia
Sev. Sevilla
SG canton of Saint-Gall
Sic. Sicile
Sir. Siracuse
skr. Sanskrit
sl. Slavic
Slav. Slavonian
Slk. Slovak
sln. Slovenian
SO canton of Soleure
Solothurn
Som. Somerset
sor. Sorabian (Lusatian, wendisch)
sp. species
sp? attribution of name uncertain
as to the species
SR Suisse romande
St. Saint
St.J.de M. Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Steierm. Steiermark
Strassb. Strassbourg
sumer. Sumerian
Surs. Sursilvan
sv. svensk, Swedish
TT
T.et G. Tarn-et-Garonne
Tab. Tabassaran
Tarr. Tarragona
Tch. Tchèque, Czech
Tcherk. Tcherkess, Circassian
Tchetch. Tchetchen
Ten. Tenerife
Ter. Teruel
Terran. Terranova
TH Thurgau
TI canton of Ticino
Tol. Toledo
Tor. Torino
Tosc. Toscane
Tour. Touraine
Trap. Trapani
Trent. Trentino
Trev. Trevisa
Tr. Trøndelag
Tun. Tunisie
UU
ukr. Ukrainien
Umbr. Umbria
UW canton of Unterwald
VV
v. vide, vedere, voir, véase, see
V. Val (de, di), Valle, Vallée
Val. (catalan) Valencia
Val. (France) Valenciennes
var. variantes
Vaucl. Vaucluse
VD canton of Vaud
Ven. Veneto
Ver. Veronese
Vestl. Vestland
Vic. Vicenzese
Vig. Vigevano
VS canton of Valais
WW
w. West
wall. Walloon
War. Warwick
westfries. westfriesisch, West Frisian,
Westm. Westmoreland
Wexf. Wexford
Wilt. Wiltshire
Wor. Worcestershire
wspr. widespread
Württ. Württemberg
YY
York. Yorkshire
ZZ
Zam. Zamora
Zarag. Zaragoza