LL-L "Names" 2005.09.19 (03) [E]

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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2005.09.17 (01) [E]

'Buelkau', former 'Balkau', 'Balkow' - could be an 'au'= meaning a little
river as well as moistuered meadows, rising like a 'balkon' into the
sorrounding waters

I have heard of many places in (what I know as) Germany that have an
au/hau/kau suffix to them. Are these the same suffix? There is a famous
composer from Zwickau in Saxony. What does it/they mean? Is it of the
Lowlands?
Ben

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Names

Hi, Ben!

Name endings in _-au_ tend to have that said meaning in the west.  In the 
east, it might, too, if it is a Germanic-based name.  Otherwise it is likely 
to come from Slavonic _-ow_ (~ _-ow_, e.g., Grabow "place of hornbeam"), as 
do those ending in _-in_ (e.g., Berlin "swampy place") and _-itz_ (< _-ica_, 
e.g., Chemnitz < Kamenica "Stony Brook").  In the northwest, where a German 
name has _-au_, the Low Saxon equivalent sometime has _-a_, as in the case 
of Soltau/Salta (with "salt").

> There is a famous
> composer from Zwickau in Saxony. What does it/they mean? Is it of the
> Lowlands?

Definitely not.  Today's state of Saxony got it's name "illegitimately," as 
far as many people of the north are concerned.  It got it by way of an 
intermarriage maneouver between a nobelman from the real Saxony with the 
daughter of a ruling house in the south.  There were protests about the name 
for a long time after that.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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