Re: German "Stein"

[Helmut Richter]

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim wrote:

> Joachim Pense schrieb:
> 
> > It is called simply "Gerolsteiner". And I severely doubt that "Gerol"
> > has anything to do with "Geröll". ("Geröll" btw is a collective of
> > "rollen" - to roll; the literal meaning is "stuff that rolls around",
> > and it is used to denote stones/rocks that have rolled down a
> > mountainside ('rubble').

> Maybe Gerol is just a name (no link) or a word play.

I second Joachim. The name "Gerolstein" is stressed on the first syllable 
which makes it more plausible as a name: Gerald, Gerold are German 
forenames.

-- 
Helmut Richter