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Archives"Svanhildr" (Old Norse) and "Rotterdam"
Rotterdam, as in the place name. What does the first element refer to?
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"Rotterdam"
Hi!
The first element refers to the river "Rotte" which is a minor tributary of the river Nieuwe Maas.
But I don't know the meaning of the river's name.
Regards,
Satu
Hi!
The first element refers to the river "Rotte" which is a minor tributary of the river Nieuwe Maas.
But I don't know the meaning of the river's name.
Regards,
Satu
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'Nieuwe' means 'new', what a maas is I don't know, I only know we have the maas and an extension of the river maas which is called the nieuwe maas (we have the same with the river Rijn (Rhine))
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The name of the river Maas is unexplained. The Romans called it Mosa, but its name is probably pre-Celtic.
(This is from: Dieter Berger, Geographische Namen in Deutschland, Mannheim 1999)
(This is from: Dieter Berger, Geographische Namen in Deutschland, Mannheim 1999)
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Svanhildr's probably a form of the Germanic Swanhilda. The element swan has an unknown meaning, but hild means "battle".
Other forms in the database are the Norwegian Svanhild, the Icelandic Svanhildur, the German Swanhild and Swanhilde, and the generic variant Schwanhild.
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Other forms in the database are the Norwegian Svanhild, the Icelandic Svanhildur, the German Swanhild and Swanhilde, and the generic variant Schwanhild.
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