Re[2]: [tied] Re: Wuz

At 6:48:21 PM on Monday, July 12, 2004, Miguel Carrasquer
wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:35:25 +0000, tgpedersen
> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>>Wassenaar would be a good candidate, I guess

> Unlikely. Wass- < wasch- "wax, grow". Wassenaar is waxing
> moon (not sure why the place is called that way).

Künzel, Blok, & Verhoeff, Lexicon van nederlandse toponiemen
tot 1200, have the citation <Philippus de Wasnare> 1200
[1305] and say: wrsch. onl. _hare_ 'hoogte, heuvelrug' met
bijv. nw. _wasn_ (< dativus singularis *_hwassan_) 'scherp'
(vgl. oe. _hwass_).

Brian