| Subject: | Re: Odainsakur |
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| From: | "Dusan Vukotic" <dusan.vukotic@xxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | 31 Dec 2006 08:32:20 -0800 |
| Newsgroups: | sci.lang |
Poul Erik Jørgensen wrote: > "Heidi Graw" <hgraw@xxxxxxxxx> skrev i en meddelelse > DELlh.101556$YV4.13178@edtnps89">news:DELlh.101556$YV4.13178@edtnps89 > >> Poul wrote: > >> TYR: what language is that? Celtic? > >> Why not TUR? > > > > I'm thinking Zurich may have derived from the German Ziu...Ziu > > corresponding with Tyr...one of the Germanic Gods. There is also > > obscure evidence that Ziu (Tyr) was married to the Goddess Zisa. > > Why don't the Swiss just say Züich (from ziu ach)? Where does the -r- come > from? > > -- > Poul Erik Jørgensen > > Erstat "invalid" med dk hvis du svarer per e-mail. > Replace "invalid" with dk when replying by e-mail. Whay not from <zurück>? :-) DV |
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