----- Original Message -----
From: Joe <joe@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: CHAT : Origin of the name "Northumbria"
> Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> >Quoting Joe <joe@...>:
> >>No, it does originate from that. I think that Southumbria was found in
> >>some texts, actually. It comes from 'Norþhymber', I believe, which has
> >>a pretty transparent origin.
> >Not from _what_, but from _where_; I'm not interested in the etymology,
but
> >_where_ the name was coined, specifically whether in Northumbria itself
or
> >somewhere south of the Humber.
> Ah, right. Well, either possibility seems likely to me. Because
> Northumbria was the union of two kingdoms (Bernicia and Deira), it is
> possible it was a name coined for the new entity by the Northumbrians -
> called so because it now contained all the lands north of the Humber.
I always thought it was pronounced "north-umbria"...didn't know about the
Humber.
so, it's actually "nort-humbria" then?
neat.