Chris Emerson wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 10:12:15AM +0100, wouter van ooijen wrote:
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>> and nobody could explain me why there is a "Norwegen" buth no
>> "Southwegen". The world is so nicely inconsistent.
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>
> Now that you say it, "Southwegen" sounds quite a bit like "Sweden" if
> you slur them.  And the geography works...
>
> Chris
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Actually, the Wiki article referenced elsewhere indicates that Old Norsk =

(Norwegian) called Germany "South Way"...

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_Germany#List_of_names_divided_into_g=
roups

Then look for Old Norse <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse>: =

/Su=F0rvegr/ =96 literally "south way"

Rolf

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