Re: Hachmann versus Kossack?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

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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
> > ===========
>
> What's your source for that etymology?
> Torsten
> ====
>
> A modest source.
> Poulet, D., 1997, Noms de lieux du Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Editions
> Bonneton,
> p.73
> Arnaud
> ========

If he believes out of principle that there were no languages between
Celtic and Germanic, you can hardly use it as evidence that he finds
Celtic/Germanic etymologies in that area? As Brian's examples showed,
it is difficult to guess the original form of so short a toponymic
element.


Torsten