Meaning/Origin of two (2) names
My friend, native of England, has asked me to enquire as the origin and/or meaning of two names:- GASKARTH (her father) and THESSALIE (her name)
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According to one source (http://www.dimensional.com/~gizmo42/threlk.html) Gaskarth is an old English name derived from
"...goose garth (enclosure), presumably denoting the situation of the cottage where the man lived who was first given this name..."
Thessalie is a French version of Thessalia (rendered as Thessaly in English), a fertile region in in east-central Greece. The region was home of the Centaurs.
"...goose garth (enclosure), presumably denoting the situation of the cottage where the man lived who was first given this name..."
Thessalie is a French version of Thessalia (rendered as Thessaly in English), a fertile region in in east-central Greece. The region was home of the Centaurs.
I'll leave PriaposLovs to tackle your friend's first name of "Thessalie", as that sounds suspiciously like a placename in Greece to me.
"Gaskarth" is an English surname meaning "goose garth" (enclosure). As stated at this website:
http://www.dimensional.com/~gizmo42/threlk.html
"...presumably denoting the situation of the cottage where the man lived who was first given this name..."
-- Nanaea
"Gaskarth" is an English surname meaning "goose garth" (enclosure). As stated at this website:
http://www.dimensional.com/~gizmo42/threlk.html
"...presumably denoting the situation of the cottage where the man lived who was first given this name..."
-- Nanaea
Hey Nan, we answered SIMULTANEOUSLY!
Not only that, but we both simultaneously homed in on the same website reference source!
Oooo, SPOOKY! We must anagram furiously all day today, to commemorate this phenomenon! Daividh will appreciate that. :)
-- Nanaea
Oooo, SPOOKY! We must anagram furiously all day today, to commemorate this phenomenon! Daividh will appreciate that. :)
-- Nanaea
LOL!
More on Gaskarth
Check out this website, as well:
http://pub1.ezboard.com/fjackvancediscussion.showMessage?topicID=371.topic&index=16
-- Nanaea
Check out this website, as well:
http://pub1.ezboard.com/fjackvancediscussion.showMessage?topicID=371.topic&index=16
-- Nanaea