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How do you pronounce this?
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I would suggest the following pronunciation based on the assumption that the Latin writing of the name tried to mimic a Celtic Germanic pronunciation that is now lost:
Ver or Wehr could relate to the German root of "wehren" (to fend off).
C is pronounced the Latin way, as a hard "k". Hence the first part would be Ver-king, or "supreme defender".
I suggest that the Romans used the Greek "x" sound to mimic the soft guttural sound "ch" (German pronunciation).
Written in German, the pronunciation would be Wehr(!)-king-ge(!)-to-rich (emphasis on the first syllables). Another possibility is that it was "Wehr-king Torich", the e holding the gap in the pronunciation of the two words.
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Ver or Wehr could relate to the German root of "wehren" (to fend off).
C is pronounced the Latin way, as a hard "k". Hence the first part would be Ver-king, or "supreme defender".
I suggest that the Romans used the Greek "x" sound to mimic the soft guttural sound "ch" (German pronunciation).
Written in German, the pronunciation would be Wehr(!)-king-ge(!)-to-rich (emphasis on the first syllables). Another possibility is that it was "Wehr-king Torich", the e holding the gap in the pronunciation of the two words.
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French pronunciation vair-sen-zhe-TOR-ee.
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It would be pronounced "ver-KIN-get-TOR-iks", roughly; the Celts generally pronounced C and G hard, always as in Catherine and Gwyneth.
Also, I've known at least eight people with this name; I call out this name and thirty heads will turn.
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Also, I've known at least eight people with this name; I call out this name and thirty heads will turn.
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This name appears frequently in French history and lore. The French pronounce it "ver-sin-zhet-or-EEKS", with a nasal 'i' sound in the 'sin' element.
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You have this name down as being pronounced 'vur-sin-JET-or-iks', but the Celts did not have a soft C sound in their flavour of Gaelic. I believe that it should be 'vur-kin-JET-or-iks'. :)
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In classical spelling, v/u was likely pronounced as /w/ and c as /k/. In its time, this name would have been pronounced like /werkin'getori:ks/, or wer-kin-GE-to-reeks by the pronunciation key of this site. The i in rix is long. [noted -ed]
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