Re: CHAT: weird names,was Re: conlanging,the ultimate feminist s...
| From: | Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 15, 1999, 6:41 |
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From: R. Nierse <rnierse@...>
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> Van: Joe Mondello <Rugpretzel@...>
> Aan: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
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> Datum: woensdag 4 augustus 1999 6:21
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> In a message dated 8/4/99 12:09:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
fortytwo@UFL.EDU
> writes:
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> << Garc=EDa, root word Gari (Old Teutonic) meaning "spearman"
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> Is this related to the word garrison?
Could very well be. IIRC gari / hari means spear, hariman means 'spearman=
'.
That's the origin of Herman 'soldier'.
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I read somewhere that Garcia is from Basque, but I don't know where I rea=
d
that offhand.