Re: Dr van Helsing, I presume? - Indeed!

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> You're right, the -ing formation is more general and can refer to a

place of origin, though I'm not sure how old this usage. So maybe the
Helsings were "people from the Hals" rather
than "descendants/servants of Hals".

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> Piotr
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cf. the village of Hals at the eastern mouth of the Limfjord and Hals
Barre, the sand reef outside it.

Torsten