Gothic forms of common names?

Ian Ragsdale delvebelow at GMAIL.COM
Fri Aug 8 13:34:37 UTC 2008


My Deutsches Namen-Lexicon lists the brun in Brunstein as an old
epitaph for Odin.  I don't know enough to say whether this can be
thrown out of the discussion for Bronstein or not (which I could not
find listed in the dictionary).

IMR

>> > > Alternatively, we could Gothicize his real name Bronstein if
> only
>> > we
>> > > know what its first element is about. The name is Germanic
>> > (Yiddish).
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
>> The name Bronstein (坎把抉扶扮找谷抄扶) could that be from yiddish
> broynshteyn?
>>
>> If so the name could be Brunastains in gothic.
>
> Yes. And if it's the same as German Born : Brunnen, then
> Brunnastains. Or, maybe, Bernstein = Brinnastains?
>
> 
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