This section contains posts about History and Language (H & L). Some posts may be little snippets of ideas while others are a bit more paragraphed, even unto essay-like form. History is the dangling legs over the edge of the cliff of time and language is the net folded over time to preserve its shape. Well that or they’re both meaningless as everything else. Either way, they’re things to weblog about if that’s what you want.
‘Jersey’
April 9, 2025
Etymology
Could this name be of Phoenician origin? The name in fact means ‘Geirr’s island’, a clearly Norse name. However the close similarity between Jersey and Caesaria, the Roman name for an important island in this area, leads many to believe that this Geirr is a ghost and the Norse name is in fact a folk-etymology
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