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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "m_iacomi" <m_iacomi@...> wrote:
> "-icum" is the Latin ending. Whick /k/ are you referring at?
In Celtic there's really no /dur/ "water".
The correct Celtic word is /*dubron/ "water".
It came from the same root as English "deep".
Hydronyms in /dur-/ or /tur-/ are unrelated and I think them
related to Basque /iturri/ "source", itself of unknown origin
(I can't find any credible link).
/-i:cum/ is a Latinized ending for Celtic /*-i:kon/ with a long vowel.
In Lombardy and in France there is a plenty of toponyms with the same
Celtic ending.
Celtic for "thunder" and "Thor" was /Taranis/, /Taranus/.
It's undeniable. And this argument should put an end to
anacronisms and rave.
Allahstadt? Yiips what a horror! Poor Germany! I hope that something
similar will never happen!
Sincerely
Marco