Placenames in Normandy have a variety of origins. Some belong to the common heritage of the Langue d'oïl extension zone in northern France and Belgium; this is called "Pre-Normanic". Others contain Old Norse and Old English male names and toponymic appellatives. These intermingle with Romance male names and place-name elements to create a very specific superstratum, typical of Normandy within the extension zone of the Langue d'oïl. These are sometimes called "Normanic".[1]
Normandy's main towns and cities. Four have Normanic names: Dieppe, Cherbourg, Honfleur and Barfleur. Harfleur, which was an important port before le Havre's foundation, can be added.
^French normanique cf. RENAUD Jean, La toponymie normanique: Reflet d'une colonisation in FLAMBARD HÉRICHER Anne-Marie, La progression des Vikings, des raids à la colonisation, Publications de l'Université de Rouen, 2003.
Châteauneuf or Châtelneuf, a translation of Castelnau in Occitan. In the Normantoponymy, the most widespread appellative is -ville or Ville-, with an estimated...
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of toponyms (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their...
The toponymy of England derives from a variety of linguistic origins. Many English toponyms have been corrupted and broken down over the years, due to...
"clapoter" which means the same thing. Norman edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Normantoponymy Joret line Norman at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) "BBC...
names Dutch names German names Normantoponymy (includes Old Norse placenames in Normandy) German toponymy Celtic toponymy Placenames in the United Kingdom...
Great Britain and Ireland have a very varied toponymy due to the different settlement patterns, political and linguistic histories. In addition to the...
names is called toponymy; for a more detailed examination of this subject in relation to British and Irish place names, refer to Toponymy in the United...
archeological excavations about the Vikings were done in Normandy, the Normantoponymy retains a large Scandinavian and Anglo-Scandinavian heritage, due to...
linguistic contact with the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Anglo-Normans and modern English. Toponymy in Wales reveals significant features of the country's history...
descriptive landmark for Saxon or Scandinavian sailors. In addition Normantoponymy reveals a mixture of (Anglo-)Saxon and Old Norse (Old Danish) place...
borrowed from Old Norse or Old Danish. More than the language itself, the Normantoponymy retains a strong Nordic influence. Nevertheless, only a few archaeological...
connection between two close place-names can be noted regularly in the Normantoponymy. They are, in any case, close places : Crémanfleur / Crémanville ;Barfleur...
of Old Norse origin for further explanations on specific words. See Normantoponymy. Henriksen, Louise Kæmpe: Nordic place names in Europe Archived 22...
place names in other countries List of Irish exonyms Scottish toponymy Welsh toponymy Place names in Ireland Éire Ireland List of islands of Ireland...
colonization can be seen in the Normantoponymy and in the changes in popular family names. Today, nordmann (pron. Norman) in the Norwegian language denotes...
Shamhráin. Celtic toponymy Irish name Place names in Ireland Germanic name Scottish Gaelic name Scottish toponymy Welsh surnames Welsh toponymy Families of...
discusses the names of the other Channel Islands. History of Jersey Normantoponymy -hou "www.gov.je – Welcome to the States of Jersey website". States...
Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, eventually being pushed west of the Tamar; by the Norman Conquest Cornwall was administered as part of England, though it retained...
Olai in his Chronica regni Gothorum (c. 1470) notes the similarity in toponymy, Swycia, quasi Suecia. This tradition was taken seriously in 19th-century...
neighbouring towns of Keewatin and Norman to form the present-day City of Kenora. In 2001, the towns of Kenora (including Norman) and Keewatin as well as the...
Cumbrian toponymy refers to the study of place names in Cumbria, a county in North West England, and as a result of the spread of the ancient Cumbric language...
Scandinavian invaders; it was used later in the twelfth century for the Anglo-Normans. Under the reign of the Franks' Kings Clovis I, Charles Martel, Pepin the...
by Thomas Comber in c. 1880. List of tautological place names Cumbrian toponymy Francis, Darryl (2003). "The Debunking of Torpenhow Hill". Word Ways. 36...
form "Mēxihco" differs in vowel length from both proposed elements. Nahua toponymy is full of mysticism, however, as it was pointed out by the Spanish missionary...
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