From: tgpedersen@...
Message: 9891
Date: 2001-10-01
>Tur-
> > From: Dr. J. G. Th. Graesse (1909)
> >
> > Orbis Latinus
> >
> > at: http://www.cuni.cz/~pribrami/ruzne/Graesse/contents.html
> >
> > Thuringia, -i, -ea, Thoringi, Thyringia, Thuringei, Toringa, -ia,
> > , Taringi, Toringaba, -guba, Loringi, Duringi, -anation in
> >
> > Thüringen, region between Harz and Thüringerwald.
> >
> > which is interesting, since, judging by the -leben place names
> > (corresponding to the -lev and -löv names in Denmark (minus
> > Nørrejylland) and Scania), this is where "Odin" founded his
> > Germany.
> >
> > Turoni, Metropolis civitas Turonum, Turonorum, Turonensium or
> > Turenorum, Augusta Turonum, T(h)oronus, Turonica civitas,
> > Caesarodunum
> >
> > Tours, city, France (Indre-et-Loire).
> >
> > home town of the Celtic tribe of Turones, and of Gregory of Tours,
> > who also writes of the Trojan connection of the Franks
> >
> > Turicum (Helvetiorum), -gum, Thuregum, Tigurum, Duregum, Thuricum,
> > Duorum regium, Turegum, Thuricina civitas, Durae aquae, Thirigum
> > (Zuercensis)
> >
> > Zürich, city, Switzerland.
> >
> > meaning?
> >
> > Torsten
> >
> >
--- In cybalist@..., "João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...> wrote:
> I think this attempt to look for TUR-cities and relate all them is
similar
> to attempts of relate all places with a supposed *KAR- preffix.
This KAR
> preffix was considered a prove of link between West Asia and
America.
> cf. Tupian Cari "white man, European", Caribe, Caraiba,
Carioca "white man's
> house", Karnak, Carnacum, Carinthia, Caria, Caru, [Hali]karnassos,
etc.
> Just coincidence.
Oh, I see.
You left out caribous.
I was just about to add Torino (presumably from a Celtic pl. gen. of
a *Turin- tribe).
Torsten