Re: Hessen

>A parallel Gmc. borrowing is seen in Old English <cempa> 'soldier,
>warrior' from Lat. <campio:> '(battle)field-man', in turn from
><campus> 'field'.

Cf. German Kampf "struggle, fight, battle" & Kämpfer. Cf. Kämpe
(of Low German/Old Saxon orig.) = Kämpfer.

>>What I propose is that Roman colonization was under way in
>>Augustan times

But Kassel was attestet only in 913 (under Konrad I), with the
spellings Chassalla, Chassella. (NB, until 1926, Cassel was also
an official spelling.)

And: why should this toponym be put in connection with a Latin
word?

George