Re: The Origins of Zürich...

Heidi Graw <hgraw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Z%C3%BCrich

While you're there, you might also want to look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_German_consonant_shift

Fine, I can accept that the Roman Turicum was derived from the Celtic Turus.

And "Zürich" looks rather much like what you expect if you run
"Turicum" through the German sound shifts.

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