Re: Inventing names

Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Quoting Michael Potter <mhpotter@...>:
>
>
>>(b) use simple, meaningless words that fit the phonotactics of your
>>language (like Frodo in _Lord of the Rings_)
>
>
> Actually, _Frodo_ is a "modification" of _Frothi_, a Germanic name which may
> mean "The Fruitful". Even if that interpretation should be false, there's good
> reasons to believe it originally meant something, since Germanic names normally
> do.
>
>                                                            Andreas
>
I knew I got something wrong. :P

I doubt that anybody cares, but I hate to spread false information.
Frodo does have a meaning, as you said. It was _Bilbo_ that had the
meaningless name. I had the wrong hobbit.

Sorry for the mistake.

--
Michael