*Askabergaz

From *askaz + *bergaz, literally ‘Ash Mountain’. The name is reconstructed from Ptolemy’s τὸ Ἀσκιβούργιον ὄρος (tò Askiboúrgion óros) , Latin Asciburgius mons, an ancient Germanic toponym whose first constituent is generally connected with Proto-Germanic *askaz. Ptolemy places the range in eastern Germania; its exact identification is uncertain, though it has traditionally been associated with the Giant Mountains or the broader Sudetic system. It is geographically distinct from the similarly named settlement Ἀσκιβούργιον (Askiboúrgion) / Asciburgium on the lower Rhine (Scheungraber & Grünzweig 2014: 78–80).