Re: [tied] Re: etymology of German surnames

At 2:55:20 AM on Saturday, May 28, 2005, g wrote:

> I assume Dungel has nothing to do with Dominik(us) unless
> [-omini-] > [-un-] is explained and... attested in a
> dialect area or another.

I'd be astonished if there were a connection.

> How about these hypotheses? <dunkel>;

That's the one that I already offered as my first
preference, either from a descriptive byname or from a
Flurname.

> <Dinkel> "spelt wheat> (if it was Düngel); <Dung>.

I didn't think of <Dinkel>, but <Dung> is a possibility, as
is MHG <tunc> 'unterirdisches Gemach zum Weben'.

Brian