Re: Droppin' D's Revisited

En réponse à Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>:

> On Thu, 26 Oct 2000 00:47:09 +0200 Christophe Grandsire
> <christophe.grandsire@...> writes:
> > Even if I'm not sure, I think it's not very dangerous to say that
> > it's the case.
> > That makes me think that I could have -icus -> -igue /ig/. Still, I
> > wonder how
> > I'm gonna finally call "Roumant" (anyone knows how the South of
> > France was
> > called during the Middle Age?), and I'm still looking for a nice
>
> > Christophe.
> -
>
> Well, Jews called it _Tzorfat_, a place name, like Sefarad (Spain) and
> Ashkenaz (Franco-Germany, Rhine Valley) which were transplanted from the
> Levant.
>
So that's where the words Sefarad and Ashkenaz come from! I always wondered what
they meant... Thanks for the info.

Christophe.