LL-L "Names" 2003.05.07 (04) [E]

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From: "Chris Ferguson" <shoogly at ntlworld.com>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2003.05.07 (02) [E]

I very much doubt the Wyndham has anything to do with Gaelic. Often
Gaelic
names are badly spelt on maps etc as an English speaker things they
should
be spelt - and it takes some thought to think what the original meaning
is -
but often if you are a Gaelic speaker you can get an inkling / idea. I
am a
Gaelic speaker and it rings no bells with me in Gaelic.  I have looked
up
Watson's Gaelic place names of Scotland - and it isn't mentioned there.
A
"Wynd" however is in Scots a narrow street or lane. "Ham" is a common
Old
English suffix in names ( an remember that Scots is descended of a
dialect
of Old English ). I am not sure what the original meaning is - but the
Scots
Concise dictionary equates "ham" with "hame" - and hame means "home". Do
you
know exactly where Wyndham is -as often it's geographical location can
indicate a place's linguistic origins? So to tell you how to spell it in
Gaelic you would have to make out it's original meaning. I do believe if
this is a place in Scotland that it will have an Old English (
Northumbrian
dialect ) origin.

Chris Ferguson

> From: "Peter J. Wright" <peterjwright at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Question re Scots Gaelic Spelling
>
> Hello, Lowlands-L Administrator!
>
> I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to spell the word "wyndham"
> in
> Scots Gaelic (which I believe it to be in origin)?  I think it means "a
> place of rest after a long journey".
>
> Thanks!
>
> Peter J. Wright
> New York, NY

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