- ab-KAY-zee-ə) The
Abkhaz name
Apsny (Abkhaz: Аԥсны, IPA [apʰsˈnɨ]) is
etymologised as 'a land of the soul'; however, the
literal meaning is 'a
country of...
-
strait comes from the
Ancient Gr**** Βόσπορος (Bósporos),
which was folk-
etymologised as βοὸς πόρος, i.e. "cattle strait" (like "Ox-ford"), from the genitive...
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Caledonia is
derived from the
tribal name
Caledones (or Calīdones),
which he
etymologises as "'possessing hard feet',
alluding to
standfastness or endurance",...
-
venerate "worship,
honour shown to an
object or deity,
which has been
etymologised as "worthiness or worth-ship"—to give, at its simplest,
worth to something...
- in Cornwall, the vast
majority of place-names in
England are
easily etymologised as Old
English (or Old Norse, due to
later Viking influence), demonstrating...
- ('σκλαβιστί', the
language of the Slavs). The Rus'
names are
usually etymologised as Old Norse. An
argument used to
support this view is that the name...
- Calīdones, from
earlier *Kalē=Black River=don/Danue Goddess[i]oi),
which he
etymologises as
perhaps 'possessing hard feet' ("alluding to
standfastness or endurance")...
- Shalem. The Sumero-Akkadian name for Jerusalem, uru-salim, is
variously etymologised to mean "foundation of [or: by] the god Shalim": from
Semitic yry, "to...
-
metathesised form of
Scots Shetland.
Gaelic speakers seem to have folk-
etymologised Zeeland when
translating New Zealand's name from English. "Here Surrounded...
- The
meaning of the name is contested, and is the
subject of much folk
etymologising. Some
believe the
meaning to be "ochre river", but
other contenders...
