Re: IE cal- = harbourg ?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "patrick" <dicoceltique@...> wrote:

>
> Hello
> does any links with town name = harbourg

> Burdi-gala<>Burdi-cala = Bordeaux

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux
'Burdigala, probably of Aquitainian origin'
but there are no appropriate entries in Löpelmann's dictionary

> Portus-cale = Lisbonne

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portus_Cale

> Caletum = Calais

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calais

> may be Kehl too
>
> i found
>
> Latin Callis = path
> Germanique Keluz
> Middle deutsch Kiel = ship
> German Kiel
> Anglo Saxon Ceols/Cyulae
> Old Norse Kjolr > Köl = vessel
> Old Norse Kjalki = sleigh (vessel carriage ?)
> French Calanque (shelter)

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/64637

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/48769
and forward

But connecting them takes some imagination.


Torsten