Re: [tied] Re: Gmc. Place-names & the Pas-de-Calais

At 5:47:54 AM on Thursday, January 8, 2004, tgpedersen
wrote:

>>>>>>> Udolph is very insistent that the place names (eg.
>>>>>>> -horst/-hurst) indicate that the Anglo-Saxon
>>>>>>> migration took place from the interior of Germany,

>>>>>> Why, given the evidence of Frisian?

>>>>> The place name evidence he offers seems solid enough.

>>>> That hardly answers the question.

>>> Udolph in general only takes place name evidence into
>>> consideration.

>> That's what I'm asking about: *what* place-name evidence?

> Oh, why didn't you say so?

> "Chapter K: Beziehungen zwischen dem Zentrum und dem
> Westen (vor allem England) 1. horst, 2. kreek, 3. lage, 4.
> Ufer, 5. wapel"

[snip distributional data]

You're still missing the point completely. Why does he
think that these data indicate that the AS migration took
place from the interior of Germany?

Brian