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in reply to a message by Andy
Hi Andy,
The first I heard of this theory was from you in your previous post. It sounds plausible - the karl "man" element seems odd, and is not used in any other Germanic names. On the other hand the heri "army" element is common in Germanic dithematic names and there certainly could have been short froms created for it (a la Waldo, Hamo, Odo).
Of course this theory needs to be backed up by some philological evidence.
Thanks Andy, very interesting.
Mike
The first I heard of this theory was from you in your previous post. It sounds plausible - the karl "man" element seems odd, and is not used in any other Germanic names. On the other hand the heri "army" element is common in Germanic dithematic names and there certainly could have been short froms created for it (a la Waldo, Hamo, Odo).
Of course this theory needs to be backed up by some philological evidence.
Thanks Andy, very interesting.
Mike
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Hi, Mike,
I'll try to get hold of the article Seibicke quotes. There must be something to it, as even the Duden "Das große Vornamen-Lexikon" (formerly "Lexikon der Vornamen" and one of the most reliable name books in Germany) changed this entry in its last edition. I'll keep you posted on this.
Well, my last post was not well placed so I decided to put it on the board again. Thanks for answering.
Andy ;—)
I'll try to get hold of the article Seibicke quotes. There must be something to it, as even the Duden "Das große Vornamen-Lexikon" (formerly "Lexikon der Vornamen" and one of the most reliable name books in Germany) changed this entry in its last edition. I'll keep you posted on this.
Well, my last post was not well placed so I decided to put it on the board again. Thanks for answering.
Andy ;—)
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