Hameln.
Hamelin (a town, the administrative seat of Hameln-Pyrmont district, Lower Saxony, Germany)
Meaning & usage
Hamelin (a town, the administrative seat of Hameln-Pyrmont district, Lower Saxony, Germany)
Where this word comes from
From Old Saxon *Hamala (“Hamel”), the name of the river on which the town was built. The river’s name is probably a substantivisation of *hamal (“crooked”); compare the English hydronym Hamble. The n in the name of the town is a fossilised dative ending.
a surname transferred from the place name
Where this word comes from
From Old Saxon *Hamala (“Hamel”), the name of the river on which the town was built. The river’s name is probably a substantivisation of *hamal (“crooked”); compare the English hydronym Hamble. The n in the name of the town is a fossilised dative ending.
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