The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-27

From these were made the patronymics sanders. Sanderson. Sandercock. Sam derlin. Saunders. Saunderson, Sandisop. etc.
 From the initial syllable comes the hypocristic Alex, Allix. Alleck. etc. The name was corrupted into Elshender and this was then curtailed into Elishie The form Sanders is the Scotch fa-, vorite; yet when the Sanders go to London they generally turn into Saun- ders. The London directory shows a ratio of. to in favor of the form with "u." America. however. follows the Scottish preference. In New York the ratio is to in favor of Sanders; in Baltimore 1t is 5 to in favor of the same. This Is the prevailing form in the Southland.
 The prototheme of Alexander is de- rivative from the Greek alexo. keep off. help, defend The same radical is in the Greek alke. strength" fmotto on the seal of the State of Washing ton): alkimos. "strong." and alkar. safeguard. defense" It has cog mates in the vedic raIsshati. defend. guard" and rakshas guardian defen- der"; Old Lithunian elkas. alkas. "a sacred grove" Lettish elks. idol" Gothic aIhs. Old Saxon alah and Anglo Saxon alh, ealh, temple. palace" and ealgian defend, protect"
 The deuterotheme is the Greek amer genitive andros. ga mana" which is cognate with the Sabine negro. strong" whence the name of the Ro- man Emperor Nero the Oscan ner, man." Umbrian nerf, "chief man" Irish nert and cymric and Cornish strength" Gallic nertobriga, two towns Is ancient Spain, and Esuner- tus, "a deity" Albanian n'er "a man." Avestan and Sanskrit mar man. Some would add the name of Indra the great Vedic deity, Nerthus. an ancient Germanic deity and Njordr, the Morse god of the winds and waves. The latter two are very probable. but there are phonetic difficulties in the first. Dawe-Dawson.
 The surname Daw and Dave is an old hypocoristic form of David. From this are formed the patronymics Dawes, Dawkins, Daws. Dawson and several others of less fequent occur renee.
 In the Hundred Rolls of 127s we find Dawes and fl Dave. Kirby's Quest (1327) has Dave for Somerset. The Yorkshire Poll Tax List of 1879 has Dave. Dawkyn, Dauson. Daweson and Doweson: also Daudwyfe. Daude- wyf Daudoghter. Dowedoghter as fem mine surnames.
 Langland in the B-text (V. S2o) dat ed 1877 has "Dawe the' dykere,' and In the C-text (vII. 369) dated 1898, "Dauwe the dykere." In B. VI 331 and the corresponding c. TX. 354 he has Dave only.
 The name Daw. Dave. is now con fined in the old country, principally to the five counties of Cornwall. De- vonshire, Gloucestershire. Hereford shire and Dorsetshire. Dawson is strongest in Cumberland and West moreland, Durham and Cheshire. It Is fairly frequent elsewhere in the North and extends across the border and up into Central Scotland.
 To complete the story of these Sons of David" see the origin and mean ing of that name under Davis in No. II. of this series.
 Bullock.
 The surname Bullock conceals no mystery. It Is simply a nickname ap- piled originally to some strong and sturdy youth. Such metaphors are fre- quent in our nomenclature. Bull and Stott also became surnames as well as Ox, Cow and Calf.
 The Hundred Rolls of 1273 have the surname in the forms of Bulloc, Bull Iolkke, Bulluc, Bo1loc. The Yorkshire tax list of 1879 has Bullok.