LL-L "Names" 2005.09.23 (01) [E]

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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2005.09.22 (11) [E]

Hi, Henno,

> Also in West Frisian a  place like Winsum is pronounced [we:~s at m], Makkum
>as [mak at m] and so on.

during my investigations concerning my own homeland, which is
'Frisian-infected' I just have to agree.
And this, I guess, ran very early: in the 13. century already old Frisian
place-names, originally might have been ending in -um, became to -em in a
Saxon-like spelling. Have they ever been /-um/ like we use to pronounce it
in German or Netherlandic?

Greutens

Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

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

This makes me wonder about place names with -um in England.  Are there any 
Frisian remnants among them, or are they all the supposed Anglo-Saxon 
plural?  Or is it the same thing?

Examples of Northeastern England:

Acomb (< Akum 'oaks')
Aireyholme (< Erghum 'at the shielings')
Bedlam (< Bodle Lum 'at the buildings')
Bolam (< Bolum 'planks')
Coatham (< Cotum 'at the cottages')
Moorseholm (< Mooresum 'moor houses'; cf. NF Morsum!)
Yarum ('fish pools')

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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