Re: Geographic names (Re: Composer and guitarist from Belarus.)

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From: Dan Seriff
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 01:18

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Aaron J Dinkin wrote:
> 
> In alt.usage.english aloe@rev.net wrote:
> 
> > What about Austria? It means "land to the south". I believe the native
> > name is "Oesterreich", meaning "eastern rule".
> 
> I'm not at all convinced that "Austria" means 'land to the south'. It
> seems to me much more likely (and the OED suggests) that "Austria" is just
> an Anglicized version of "Oester[reich]" which only coincidentally happens
> to resemble a Latin root meaning "south".

"Austria" is probably a Latinized version of the Anglicization of
"Österreich", which means "the more eastern kingdom" ("more eastern", I
presume, than Germany). I agree with you that the resemblance to Latin
"auster", however strong, is a false congnate.

> -Aaron J. Dinkin
> Dr. Whom

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