[ANSTHRLD] Opinion on a source for a name

[wulfgar]

Neanderthal = modern for Neander Valley

Was this valley known by that name in period?

Wulfgar von Regensburg (Wulfgar 'from' Regensburg)

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Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Opinion on a source for a name

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006, Steve K. Rourke <steverourke at charter.net> wrote:
> > Full info, please: what full name?  what place, culture, language,
> > time period?  Why do they want "von Dahl": they believe it was a place
> > where they want to put their persona, or do they want the sound, or
> > what?
>
> Sorry, that's what I get for doing emails after 1 in the morning.

I just realized that I have a wonderfully accessable German name
source on the bookcase behind me: the translated Bahlow.  That's what
I get for replying to e-mail after 2 in the morning.  With
abbrev. expanded:

    Dahl(mann): Low German, living in the valley. Compare also place
    name Dahl, Dahle, frequent in Westphalia.

    Thaler (Dahler), Upper German: from the dwelling in a valley,
    similarly: Berger: auf dem Berge (on the mountain); Lutz uß dem
    Tal, Füssen 1370. Compare with Matchthaler, Lechthaler, et
    cetera: from place names ending in -thal.  Also Thaller of the
    same meaning.

In other words, Dahl can be

- the name of a specific place.  Find one Dahl as a specific place in
  period and I'm 99% sure that "von Dahl" is a fine.  Append
      -roald
  to your Google search to exclude a famous author, and also perhaps
  you need to append other inclusion or exclusion terms.
- a variant of Thal, "valley".  I'm not sure from the above whether
  you'd need a "von" variant (von + der/die/das/den/dem/des/whatever)
  or whether it could be unmarked.

Danielis de Lindocolina
-- 
"Me, I love the USA; I never miss an episode." -- Paul "Fruitbat" Sleigh
Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd at panix.com

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