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Author: Victar Mas
Email: victarmas at hotmail dot com
Date: 2006-04-11 06:33:12
Subject: Re: OE Names
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> Is there an Old English list of names (people, places, tribes)? Right now, I'm looking for "Catherine" but this is a common search I go through. Perhaps a list of such names in the various Germanic languages, side by side, would be useful?
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> James
From the Greek name Aikaterine. The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name Hekaterine, which came from Hekateros "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess Hecate; it could be related to Greek aikia "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". The Romans associated it with Greek katharos "pure" and changed their spelling from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this.
behindthename.com contains a wealth of information including name cognates.
Victar
| Messages in this thread | Name | College/University | Date |
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| Re: OE Names |
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