From: alex
Message: 26728
Date: 2003-10-31
>A propos genitive Piotr. How is explained the Germanic genitive ? (
> OK, so I tell you what I think about this type of placename. I may be
> wrong, but my opinion is based on my familiarity with English
> toponyms. The type ...s-ø looks very similar to English island names
> such as Selsey, Mersea or Bardsea/Bardsey. They are certainly not
> substratal but consist of a genitive plus OE -i:(e)g 'island' =
> Danish -ø (very often the genitive is formed from an owner's name,
> e.g. Beornre:des i:eg, telescoped into modern Bardsea).
> Piotr