> At 10:27:56 AM on Tuesday, May 24, 2005, Joao S. Lopes
> wrote:
>
>> But if the -k is retained, Dominik > Dominikel?
>
> I can't say that it's impossible, but it feels very
> unlikely: in my experience that type of diminutive is almost
> invariably built on a monosyllabic base (e.g., <Hänsel>).
>
> Brian
I assume Dungel has nothing to do with Dominik(us) unless
[-omini-] > [-un-] is explained and... attested in a dialect
area or another. BTW, this Church source isn't aware of
such a Dominik reflex:
http://www.kirchenweb.at/vornamen/
How about these hypotheses? <dunkel>; <Dinkel> "spelt
wheat> (if it was Düngel); <Dung>. (Also *<Tunkel>?
< vb. <tunken> "jemanden/etwas ins Wasser tunken"
< Middle High German <tunken> & <dunken>).
And how about... Anton? cf. Tünnes in Rhineland.
(If so: tün + -ing + -el?! BTW: lots of <Düning>s, as
2nd names, googleable.)
(Dungel would be a good German "Koseform" for... Duncan,
but... :))
George