Re: [tied] Permian

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

>
> At 8:10:31 AM on Tuesday, April 18, 2006, tgpedersen wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > So now we know why it's called Bremen and Birmingham. Or?
>
> Or the standard etymology of <Birmingham> is correct: it's
> *Beormingeha:m, 'the homestead at or called <Berming>, the
> place called after Beorma', where <Beorma> would most likely
> be from <Beornmund>.
>

Of course, but it's alway nice to have alternative solutions.

I think I read that the -ing(en) names are among the oldest in
Germanic territory, is that correct?


Torsten