French name?
Jindrich Toman
ptydepe at UMICH.EDU
Wed May 15 15:19:37 UTC 2013
There is an apparently Belgian name Chaudeloy--this would account for the
quality of the first vowel.
--Jindrich Toman
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Alina Makin <resco at umich.edu> wrote:
> Dear Annie,
>
> There is a village and a castle named Choloy (Шолуа in Russian) in
> Lorraine (north-east France) -- see Russian wiki for details. Since many
> last names are tied to geographic locations, it might be another
> transliteration option.
>
> My guess is that into Russian Chantelois would be transliterated as
> Шантелуa.
>
> Hope that my message finds you well.
>
> Best,
> Alina Makin
>
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