From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 57138
Date: 2008-04-10
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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
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> Ernst Schwarz, Deutsche
> Namenforschung II:159 notes that in northern Germany many
> names going back to OHG <-hûsen> are officially spelled with
> NHG <-hausen> but have <-husen> and <-sen> in the local
> dialects, and I've found a number of examples of <-sen>
> names going back to earlier <-husen>.
He must mean OS?
This site
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haus_Welschenbeck
isn't too happy about Welschenbeck and Kuhn's interpretation either.
Belsen seems to have been Bellenhusen too.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belsen_%28Bergen%29
No further explanation of the first element.
Torsten
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In nothern France, there are place names like belle-brune
supposedly Celtic bala "white river" and Germanic brunnen "fountain".
I suppose you won't appreciate this Celtic presence in your substrate.
Arnaud
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