From: g
Message: 35378
Date: 2004-12-07
> No. As you can see, the Ø's come through beautifully. Those are O'sO! Aha.
> Jørgensen: StednavneordbogSo, does then to an Ostfriesisch Aurich correspond a Danish Ørich?
> Ur-nordisk
> *aura- > ODa. ø:r 'gravel'
> *aurio: > -ør (monosyllabic in nom.)
> Helsingør, Skælskør (< Skælfisk-), Korsør
> and *auria- nt.
> 'gravelly stretch, gravelly beach'
> TorstenJørgen :^)