At 4:34:20 PM on Monday, December 3, 2007, Rick McCallister
wrote:
> But I do like your derivation [of <Amerigo>] from haim-rix
That derivation of <Amerigo> from *haima-ri:kjaz is
standard.
<Aleramo> is from some Gmc. name in *-hraBnaz, but it's not
clear whether the first element was *aþala-, *ala-, *alda-,
or a conflation of more than one of these.
I've seen a suggestion that <Gugliarello> is from <guglia>
'needle; spire; pinnacle'.
<Riccomanno> is Gmc., from *ri:kja-mannz; as <Rihman> it's
found in France by 835. Quite possibly it was reinforced by
the use of the 'nome augurale' <Ricco>, though.
Brian