Re: Origin of Huon?
in reply to a message by Bex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huon_of_Bordeaux
I can't prove this, but it looks like the same sort of diminutive form - in this case, of Hugh - that gives Alison from Alice. But how it ended up in Tassie is more than I can guess.
I can't prove this, but it looks like the same sort of diminutive form - in this case, of Hugh - that gives Alison from Alice. But how it ended up in Tassie is more than I can guess.