Re: [tied] Permian

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 44288
Date: 2006-04-19

At 8:10:31 AM on Tuesday, April 18, 2006, tgpedersen wrote:

[...]

> So now we know why it's called Bremen and Birmingham. Or?

Or the standard etymology of <Birmingham> is correct: it's
*Beormingeha:m, 'the homestead at or called <Berming>, the
place called after Beorma', where <Beorma> would most likely
be from <Beornmund>.

Brian