At 7:56:42 PM on Sunday, August 26, 2007, tgpedersen wrote:
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>> Could you please give me the relevant "Belgian" traces ?
[...]
> Placenames in P- which are not obviously Latin. So far
> I've located Pernes, Peronne, Péruwelz (Belgium). Do you
> have etymologies for them?
Morlet derives <Péronne> from the masculine name <Petronus>.
For Péronne (Somme): <Perruna> 585, <Perronam> early 9th c.,
<ad Parronam> 10th c., <Peronia> 1080x5, <Parona> 1223,
<Perone> 1230.
For Péronne (Nord): <Parrona> 804, <Perrona> 1033, <Perona>
1144.
For Péronne-lès-Antoing (near Tournai, Belgium): <Perrona>
1199, <Perona> 1208.
For Péronne-lès-Binche (near Soignies, Belg.): <apud
Peronam> 1119, <Perona> 1133.
For Péronne-en-Mélantois (near Lille): <Perrona> 1107,
<Perona> 1108.
The names <Petronus> and <Petrona> are attested in French
sources, as is <Perrona> for the latter.
Brian