[tied] Re: Gmc. Place-names & the Pas-de-Calais

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
wrote:

> At 5:47:54 AM on Thursday, January 8, 2004, tgpedersen
> wrote:
>
> >>>>>>> Udolph is very insistent that the place names (eg.
> >>>>>>> -horst/-hurst) indicate that the Anglo-Saxon
> >>>>>>> migration took place from the interior of Germany,
>
> >>>>>> Why, given the evidence of Frisian?
>
> >>>>> The place name evidence he offers seems solid enough.
>
> >>>> That hardly answers the question.
>
> >>> Udolph in general only takes place name evidence into
> >>> consideration.
>
> >> That's what I'm asking about: *what* place-name evidence?
>
> > Oh, why didn't you say so?
>
> > "Chapter K: Beziehungen zwischen dem Zentrum und dem
> > Westen (vor allem England) 1. horst, 2. kreek, 3. lage, 4.
> > Ufer, 5. wapel"
>
> [snip distributional data]
>
> You're still missing the point completely. Why does he
> think that these data indicate that the AS migration took
> place from the interior of Germany?
>

Because England and the interior of Germany is where these place
names are found of course. This is so obvious he doesn't even state
it.


Torsten