VMs: Kind of Monkey

[<bernd.neuner@xxxxxx>]

I am afraid I have to disappoint you: the name is derived from the
nearby river, the "Aschaff", which (resp. its older form,
Ascapha) in turn consists of a root unknown to me (Ask-)
and a well-known suffix for river names, "-apa".

"Ask" could be an old germanic form for the name of the
ash tree (like "askr" in Old Norse), but this is mere guessing!

Best regards,

Bernd

vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx schrieb am 28.08.04 13:28:05:

On Saturday 28 August 2004 06:54, Rene Zandbergen wrote:
> Cute typo in Fomalhaut :-)
> A friend of mine (not German) referred to a town
> near where I live as 'Abschaffenburg'. In both
> cases the immediate thought is: why did I never
> think of this?

I've been there and wondered: is an Aschaffe some kind of monkey?

phma
-- 
li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa
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