On Nov 27, 2020, at 11:47 PM, epostboxx@xxxxxxxx wrote:
It has been my experience that what is put forward as etymological
scholarship is often skewed by a fancy or thesis which biases the author's
choice for word or name origins (sometimes mightily). An extreme example of
this (somewhere) on my bookshelves (which I will ferret out if any interest
is shown) is a dictionary of the origins of german place names, in which
virtually every appellation is traced to a term related to water. (If I
remember correctly, the author openly states this 'thesis' somewhere in a
foreword or other opening remark.)
Chris Bruce,
sipping a cup of sage tea (which
along with sage bonbons is a popular
remedy for sore throat here),
in Kiel, Germany
