Re: Ligurian Barga and */p/ (was: Ligurian)

 

At 8:19:33 PM on Saturday, May 19, 2012, Bhrihskwobhloukstroy wrote:

> 2012/5/18, dgkilday57 <dgkilday57@...>:

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>> DGK:
>> This is where distribution begins to matter. If
>> Barg-place-names are not commonly found throughout the
>> whole Pan-Celtic realm,

> Bhrihskwobhloukstroy:
> I think that nevertheles a certain amount of traces can be
> found in Transalpine Gaul: Barges (ca. 775 Bargas,
> Côte-d'Or; 1234 Barias, Haute-Loire; Haute-Saône), La
> Barge, Les Barges (Central and Western France),
> Barjouville (1203 Barjovilla, Eure-et-Loir),

<Barjovilla> 1203 seems to be a bit isolated amongst early
forms: Morlet gives in addition <Bergevilla> ca. 1140,
<Bergeinvilla> ca. 1142, <Berjovilla> 1246, and
<Berjouvilla> 1276 and assigns the name to a Gmc.
hypocoristic <Bergo>, which looks quite reasonable.

Brian