LL-L "Etymology" 2010.10.16 (03) [EN]

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From: Hellinckx Luc <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>

Subject: LL-L "Etymology"



Beste Ron,



You wrote:

There are numerous place names ending with *-um* along the Netherlands’
coast, several also on Germany’s North Sea coast. Possibly naively, I
associate them with Frisian.

Does this “suffix” have the same etymology? What is it?



I always thought -um is the same as -heim, -hem, -ham...so, "home of".



Kind greetings,



Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium



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