http://etimologias.dechile.net/?Espan.a
Nebenbei: Warum wird den auf der Münze Hadrianus Augustus letzteres mit 2 G geschrieben?
Aber die zweite scheint Volksetymologie ex eventu zu sein, denn der Name Spanien erscheint schon auf dem Antikythera-Mechanismus
The forms of the letters in the inscriptions has indicated a re-estimation of when they were written (courtesy Dr H. Kritzas), suggesting a date in the second half of the sec- ond century B.C., which could lead to the greatest astronomer of all times, Hipparchos. Numerous astronomical terms are in this newly formed group of inscriptions, which is very interesting in terms of astronomy, technology, geography and even linguistics, for example the name of Spain (πTM¶∞¡π∞, ISPANIA) appears in this text for the first time.
http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/sys ... ooklet.pdf
