From: tgpedersen
Message: 57141
Date: 2008-04-10
> This siteWhat's your source for that etymology?
> 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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