Re[2]: [tied] "ger"

At 7:27:54 PM on Tuesday, October 14, 2003, papastolte
wrote:

> can you comment, then, on a name, such as 'GERhardt'?

The first element is the 'spear' word, PGmc */gaiza-/, with
rhotacism in West Gmc.; the second is from PGmc */hardu-/
'bold, hardy'.

Brian