Old-European hydronymy

U članku se pokušava objasniti pojam staroeuropskoga jezičnoga sloja s pomoću kojega Hans Krahe objašnjava neprijeporne podudarnosti u imenima voda na širokom i jezično nepovezanom europskom prostoru. Navode se i osnovne kritike pojma jezične “Stare Europe” kao i smjernice za proučavanje staroeuropskoga sloja u hidronimiji na hrvatskom području.In this paper the author tries to explain the meaning of the term “Old-European/alteuropäisch”. By this term Hans Krahe explained correspondences that he had noticed in the names of waters in different and linguistically unrelated European linguistic zones. Some critical opinions on this subject are also discussed. Finally, the importance of analyzing the oldest hydronymic stratum for the ethnogenesis and migration movements of the Croats has been pointed out