LL-L "Names" 2003.10.06 (01) [E]

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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <godsquad at cox.net>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2003.10.04 (03) [E]

Place-names ending on -um:
> in most cases this endings {-um, -en, -un, etc.} go
> back on the oldgermanic dativ plural, which was used
> to indicate place-names.

Hello all. I may be far away from the truth of this conversation, but as a
novice as to the Germanic languages, I wonder if the ending um could come
from the High German suffix -um, meaning around. When I saw the name Darum
in Jutland, I immediately thought of Daram or maybe Darum in Hochdeutsch. I
have no idea why, as I know that daram means therefore, as we concluded in
previous conversations and threads. In my experience with British English
names, nothing seems to be impossible with names. I imagine a town in
Denmark or northern Germany called Dar Round, as in a rounded hill or
something.
Ben

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