Re: [tied] Re: Interesting names in Sweden

At 10:21:56 AM on Tuesday, June 28, 2005, aquila_grande
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen"
> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

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

>>> At 7:21:29 PM on Monday, June 27, 2005, aquila_grande
>>> wrote:

>>>> kvänn - may be the name of an ethnic group immigrated
>>>> from Finland. The world is present in many Norwegian
>>>> names.

>>> Alternatively consider <af Kuændale> ca.1360 for modern
>>> Norwegian <Kvanndal>; the first element is from the OIc
>>> plant name <hvo,nn> 'angelica'. It's also in <Kvenna>,
>>> explained as from OIc *<Hvannin>, from <hvo,nn> + <vin>
>>> 'meadow'.

>> There's a Vanløse near Copenhagen, 1186 [Huan]lose, 1198
>> Hwanløsæ. Consensus is that it's not the angelica name.
>> Politikens Stednavneordbog suggests origin from *Hwatn,
>> the old (undocumented) name of Harrestrup Å, from ON
>> *hwat "rapid" < "sharp".

Makes sense for a river-name.

> "Vannlausa" is a very typical Norwagian place name, that
> describes a place. It can be analyzed as vann-laus-a =
> water - lacking - the one. = The one that is lacking
> water.

However, Torsten's Danish <Vanløse> is unlikely to contain
the 'water' word, given the <H> in the 1198 <Hwanløsæ>.

Torsten: What etymology is suggested for the second element?

Brian