The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-08-16

NAMES TODAY
Breckinridse, Rairiax'
Morgan. rss'oA'
This u . Scotch variant OF 2 local ,ises
n Cumberland England Braikcnridge anu
Brackinridge are other variants OF the sur
me name signines the fern ridge that
n ridge Of land overgroxp with ferns;
The prototheme is the Mloale IN ~
bracken- also braken, brakan. pracon ano
in the northern dialects prsckan. ne r.,
scotch English had brachen ana oIscsoh, - !
the north all large seu tsrnf England often use
me term coliactiveiy Modern writer's re-
strict the term usually to one OF the lead
nf sgssisEs Early .Ss R ssa atera.iys
~ about Is2s we ind 'braken and erhes ;
sssss5y e i;ss asSss o fsss S Sg asla
e. Names ss' q Re asress sss, has. This com.
mon fern or brake which the northerne men
s sss.s,. =
Brsast-high in that bright iins OF braeken
stood"
me term is from the Old Morse hrakni,
"A fern,' whence also the Swedish oraken
and Danish brBgbA Tern ana the corrupt-
ed form in Iceiandie, burkni' the common
The radical is doubtless that which APP
pears m the sanssrit nhsa} ors rear, spa ln@s
s shrsals ~ (Which appears without the nasal
IN stlse perfect, fregi. Gothic, brilxan. old
High German brechan. Anglo-Saxon nrecan,
sbrsasx's Old nigh German bruoh. 'nlarsh..
land, swamp German bruch, marsh. Dos.
broken. 'crumb brachfeld uneultivatea.
aaiiow neld.' English break. brake BROOK
The semantics are not quite clear but
s t s9o3sGsu tSat springs from E
IA the right direction and Is supported py
some Of the eognatss. pr,aa,. rng,,sh
rier, rigges ryEBe end rig. which later weak
ened into. ridge Rigg is still used dialecti'
saNy Nosta Lsn &: sss,land a. IS at
feqted for instance by Burns Amans tne
%his aIs t SSs. Anglo-saxon hryeg. the
bask (of man or heastl,, also ridge roof
ef&' 1t is cognate with the Old NoTse
hIyggr Swedish Iygs; nS Dsn nrn.n y rSsck 0Ia
All meaning the back the Gaiiic crucion,
shiii,' irish oruach, heap. crocenn, back
ana sanskrit kruncati. to bend, hump etc
This mi last represents the radical idea. the
bender. the Gexibis
This is a descriptive nickname indicating
the yellow hair OF it's owner
The Bone Flor Of about 1910 Is good
literary witness to this Interpretation;
rAen they l lewsse 4 Aq " fs xs.s ta1'.
IN. ancient seat q this sass,,y Z .I IN
found The Pcn Tax 4 East f9s a isTs the the
latter in the West riding. guils, n - hi !.
ws.ss r sn Of Farfaxss had resd-
ed on one spot at Walton, East Hiding.
Yorkshire. This is q rare instance q long
Territorial possession by one name ana ram-
ily From the Fairfaxes Of Denton. IN the
west Riding came Edward the poet the
FAMOUS translator s o. .,a 100 no.aa Ieaders Of
the Parliamentary forces against Cnarles !,
and a later Lord Thomas who transpianteo
s'i f.ha tam faEnlly fs sfiII represented IN Eng
land on both Of the sites OF 1873, IN the
East and the West Riding a.
Ar1Eio-saxcn Jaeger, Middle English fayre.
faire. fager and nearly score OF otn ss
saxon ana oId High German fagar, old
Morse fagr. Swedish and Danish fAger. have
the same ssneral meaning its corsdleates
Include such examples as the Latin pax
'peace pAs page psguss. s4nto m s ais
80. IS na nassslos NAIL Peg.
the Lithuanian pods told, Joint the
Czech sriasati: .eird; the Avestan pas;
bind ' aIaa sanslsrit pseas spaiatal slDilant-
The radical Is the ,Indo- European pax.
pas fasteR e, n 5oin togsshes me se Sosa
bridge between this radical meaning and
the Angio-saxon Jaeger. beautiful, pleasant,
90 extensively used as the antithesis Of
either foul, as with weather, means. etc,
or Of dark as with complexion, hair, etc.
As q color term our quotation above shows
that 1t rs - yellow. So 1t appears in such
safhalaes Is Fairbanks, Fairburn, etc. as
well. as In Fairfax
The deuterotheme Is the Anglo-saxon
feax, Middle Englishs fax. fake. Tex. etc.
the hair OF the head The word Is found
in sour. literature as early as Beqwuf and
as late ae the seventeenth century. It Is
now best known IN the two surnames Fair
fax and Halifax.
Il Is eognate with the Old Tristan fax
Old Saxon and Old High German fans. Old
Morse fax Of the same meaning as feax
etc. above. Farther ahe1d we ind such
eognates as the Latin peeten, comb pexus
wooIly.' Greek peiSto to comb pekos
fleece wool Lithuanian peszti, to pluck
pick pull the hair. etc. Avestan Pasnen
eyelid,i ana sans<rit pa<sman, eye. lash.
nair.'
In meaning Fairfax As thus the equiva-
lent Of the Latin Flavus. the italian Bion-
a. the Celtic Boyd explained IA the fol-
lowing article, and Of the surnapaes Blount.
Biondel. etc. derived from the. French and
explained in number four of this series
In the case Of a name 50 thoroughly En-
glish and SO long established IN the land. 1t
Is supervaeaneous, to- disregard 50 Obvious