Origin of Names -- The MB of Ian Alex Blease

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Date Posted: 05:29:23 01/18/10 Mon
Author: Ian
Author Host/IP: cpc1-darl6-0-0-cust743.midd.cable.ntl.com / 82.1.142.232
Subject: Origin of Names

This perhaps not as clear as many might have us believe, for instance, Faulkner in the ' Pyramid Texts' tells us many of the place names mentioned in the Texts are unknown, and of course will never be known where these places were and the what the meaning of names is. Even the Ptolemaic Papyrus known as the ' Book of Hours', has the same problems with place names. Interestingly, at least from my point of view, my local river, the Tees is has questions about the origin of its name.

Some debate about the origin of the name of our river, The Tees. Some say the word is Viking, some say Celtic and still others think it predates the Celts. I know the word ' Force' as used in High Force is Viking, meaning 'waterfall'. I tend to lean towards this explantion I found.. And that is exactly what High Force is.

."are generally much older than place names and are often the most ancient and most myseterious names in the landscape. British place names and river names have their origins in six major language types. These languages starting with the most recent and working back are Norman-French, Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon, Roman, Celtic and Pre-Celtic. River names are usually Celtic or pre-Celtic. The ancient Celtic name Wear, for example may mean 'Water' or 'River that flows like blood', while Tyne, along with Team, Tame, Thames and Avon are thought to simply mean 'River. These river names occur in many different forms throughout the country and Avon is still used in Wales as a word for river in the form 'Afon', where for example Afon Gwy means River Wye. The name of the River Tees is thought to originate from the time of the Celtic speaking Ancient Britons whose language was similar to present day Welsh. Its name is thought to be related to the ancient Welsh 'Tes' meaning 'sunshine and heat' and is likely to mean 'the boiling, surging water'. 'Boiling' is perhaps a description of the many waterfalls and rapids found in the upper part of Teesdale. A separate theory claims that Tees is a name of pre-Celtic origin, but the pre-Celtic languages of Britain are highly mysterious and often quite unrelated to any modern day tongue."

I have also seen the ' boiling, surging' associated with the Viking word ' Tees', slightly confusing !

Regards,

Ian

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Re: Origin of Names -- JC, 05:34:59 01/18/10 Mon
- Re: Origin of Names -- Ian, 11:24:11 01/18/10 Mon
  - Re: Origin of Names -- JC, 16:13:14 01/19/10 Tue