Re: Celtic Jutland

--- In cybalist@..., "Marc Verhaegen" <marc.verhaegen@...> wrote:

> >>By the way the Dutch word schaduwen also appears similar to
> >>the name of the Danish town of Skagen, which is dominates the
> >>Skaw landform. JS Crary
> >
> >I just checked some dictionaries on Danish toponymics. They all
> >insist that Skagen is from Old Danish skaghi "spit of land", and

that

> >Skagerrak is Dutch, further that Kattegat is from Dutch = "narrow
> >passage (even for a cat)". Torsten
>
>
> Skagerrak Dutch? Doesn't sound very Dutch to me? What is the

etymology? Rak

> near Skagen? and rak = vaarwater? (cf. rekken & Lat. regere,

direction...)?

> Kattegat is not impossible, but so is its folk-etymological (if

that is the

> right term) derivation from Kwade Gat (if the Kattegat was was a

dangerous

> water?).
>
> Marc

Vaarwater, exactly. Schager Rak. Probably Skagen (the Skaw) was
rendered as Schagen on Dutch maps, and the name has been re-danified
(with not much success, /rak/ is not a Danish word) And there is a
Langerak in the Netherlands I believe?

Torsten

Torsten