Re: The Origins of Zürich...

On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:27:56 +0100, Keith GOERINGER
<verbivore@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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in sci.lang:

In article <o8imh.109587$rv4.45415@edtnps90>,
"Heidi Graw" <hgraw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Brian wrote:
In <Ziurichi>? Nothing at all: it's not an independent
element, any more than <Ziu-> is.

Ziu is an independent element. It's a name for the Alimanni's god. The
switch from iu to ü is a logical step to make. Ziu to Zü. This leaves
"richi" as an element for which a meaning must be found. I'm going to
make a guess: Ziu-richi....Ziu-richter...Zürich...Ziu's judgement
seat...a place where Alamanni assemblies occured and where crimes were
tried.

Brian, I found out what richi means in OG and MG. It's reich...realm.
Ziu-richi, Ziu's Realm. A place where Ziu rules over the land. Ziurichi,
Zürich. It is a name dervived from the German Language Tree. It is not
related to the Celtic or Latin Languages.

And the sound you are hearing, ladies and gents, is the sound of Brian
pulling his remaining hair out...

I actually rather expected that one. Heidi is a reasonably
efficient magpie. With comparable ability to make proper
use of the 'Ooh, shiny!'.

Brian
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