Well that is what I am trying to say if you are saying that they can be traced back to the Steppes then why limit saying that it originates from Somerset Just because oo ar has entered common popular consciousness thanks to the Wurzels it doesn t mean that the term originated with them Surely to list the words using specific evidence in the form of the first recorded usage of that word or phrase is the best way otherwise list the word or phrase West country It is an archaic publication but you may be interested in reading if you havn t already Wilkinson Sherren s The Wessex of Romance London Chapman Hall 1902 an extract is here