Re: [tied] Re: Non-Indo-European in Germanic

At 2:40:33 PM on Friday, January 9, 2004, g wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 9, 2004, at 07:11 PM, Brian M. Scott wrote:

>> This doesn't follow at all. First, the generic (<-leua>,
>> <-lebo>, <-leiba>) clearly goes with OHG <leiba>, OS <le:va>
>> 'Hinterlassenschaft', ON <leif> 'Erbschaft', OE <la:f> 'what
>> is left, relic, remains'. There is nothing here to indicate
>> how the Magolf of Magolfeslebo (now Molschleben), for
>> instance, acquired his estate.

> The -leben place names are restricted to some areas
> of Germany (central-northern); beyond them there is
> no such place name whatsoever.

Except in Scandinavia. Yes, I know. Judging by the
distribution map that I've seen, there's a small, isolated
batch north of Würzburg at the southern limit, and in the
north there's a fairly large batch north of Flensburg in
Denmark, but certainly the big concentration is west of
Magdeburg and south along the Saale.

Brian