Spanish toponimes of germanic origin [Was: Toledo (Norman template)]

[Michael Erwin]

Hails,

I'm afraid your email formatting is screwed up and I can't reply  
below. The map shows dense concentrations of Germanic place-names in  
the far northwest, i.e. the Swabisk area, a local concentration in  
northern Catalonia, and few elsewhere. I think this shows that they  
are better at identifying West-Germanic place-names than East- 
Germanic ones, and nothing else.

Mike

On Jul 18, 2007, at 4:39 PM, Rydwlf wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have the feeling that the issue of Spanish toponimes of germanic  
> origin has been debated some time in the past in this same list. I  
> am sure about the germanic (specially gothic) origin of some  
> settlements, mostly villages (that still retain the name). There is  
> a high number of examples.
>
> I have done some research with Google but all the information I  
> find is quite fragmentary. Anyway if you're interested I can try to  
> give a list of webpages dealing with the issue (and mentioning  
> quite a lot of examples), and some book references.
>
> Figure 15 in the following page can give a rough idea of the  
> distribution of toponimes of germanic origin in Iberia.  
> Unfortunately I cannot quote the sources, but the author probably  
> does so in some page of his work (sorry but I'm short of time today).
> http://libro.uca.edu/stanislawski/portugal.htm
>
> Hope it helps,
> Ryd.



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