The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-08-16
Surnanles of The Southland
Their Origin and Meaning

NUMBER WI.

an Interpretation and to attempt to set up
such hypothetical etymolegies as those have
/ Welsh Ffairfach. claimed to be local name
/ in carmarthenshire. or, from an Irish Fear
fassa. claimed TO be an old form Of Francis
| In that tongue.
| No fewer than twenty-four parishes and
about score OF other places situated in
every part Of England bear this name. Con-
sequently the surname e frequens and
town probably contributed q larger quota
than any Of the other places 70 the num-
Der Of those that bear the surname. Lam
cashire is still the principal seat OF the
The Prestons Of Furness. an important
branch Of the family. were descended from
westmorelaad. Of the time Of Henry II.
The origin OF the name is quite clearly
the AngIo-saxon preostes-tun the inclosed
homestead of the priest
The Angio-saxon preost appears in MID
die English in numerous variant forms. as
bat nnaiiy settles into priest. Il Is the
Old Saxon prestre priester. Ola Tristan
ms prestsr .cn ola High German prsstsr
Middle and New High German priester. Old
Morse prestr. Danish praest, Swedish prest,
borrowed fits prsster (cf the legendary Pres
ter John) French pretre. Spanish and Por-
tusese prsstrs; Italian prete. The source
from the Greek presbyteros, elder.
(whence Presbyterian. the church governed
slSs' s,a the man a sy
denees Of the Dialects such as Cretan with
It's preisgys and preigys and Boeotian with
uitfmate was gys. a probable cognate with
the ultimate OF the Lithuanian zmosus,
The Greek presbys Of presgys then nnds
It's best explanation in the eanslrit puro-
gavas. one who goes before, leader
Trit puras before Is closely akin to the
Avestan paro. before Greek paros. ear
sr before sS nth the Irish ar fSr Sas GSsnS
for--all equivalent Of the English fore.
The gavas may be from an old radical gu
the Greek haino. benai, to 60 Latin venlo
from pre-Latin gvennio 6ansIkrtt garnati,
go, Gothie gilman. oid High German que
Another suggestion makes purogavas
.sSsr t n s sSs hsrd This say
from the sanskrit gaus, cognate with the
Avestan gaus. Persian gav,. and meaning
siavonic goveda, OK Greek bous. Latin
bos borrowed from the Umbrfan -Samnite
dialects and dispiacins the proper Latin
man chuo, Old Morse kyr. Angio-saxon Gu
and English COW.
concerned. resolves itself into whether
purogavas Is simply and literally one who
goes before leads or netaphorically the
would Sc the leader in religious matters
primarily but often directing worldly mat
The deutertheme Of Preston 10 the Anglo
Saxon tun, hedge. fences place hedged or
fenced farmhouse. farmstead, etc. Man az
q social animal early found that Il two
or more would place their homes near to-
gether and surround them with common
hedge. fence or wall, the result would be
community. So the farmstead tun grew
oftentimes into a hamlet. village, town or
even city while still preserving its original
persisted, we'll into the surname period as
Is amply demonstrated by such a passage
has the Middle English toun for the villa
Of the. Latin text and the agron Of the
The old Saxon tun with the meaning
Of the AngIo-Saxon, Old Middle High Ger
man and Middle Low German tun, Dutt !
Enclosure, a hedge and Icelandic tun, the
tncIosed iniield. homestead. dwelhngshouse.'
are the principal s sspEnatss
This Surname is patronyuiic from the
Welsh Ap-Morgan, theAson Of Morgan
qhity and one Of the sea names n which
the Celt takes especial delight. The Welsh
Morgan has It's equivalent IN the Pictish
early personal names. These point 10 an
ariglnal proto- Celtic Mori-cantas the sea-
Il IL eiained that the founder Of the
Peiagian heresy Of the fourth century was
one Morgan. q Welsh monk OF Bangor.
from the Latin pelagus Greek pelagos. the
sea-
The great home of the Morgans Is in
South Wales and Monmouthshire II Is
less frequent In North Wales and Hereford
shire. 1t has made little advance into
England and Worcestsrshire, Gloucester
shire, Hampshire and somersetshirs repre-
sent the limits reached.
The prototheme Of the name Is the Gym
rIc NOR the sea-, Its Celtic kin include
the Gaelic and Irish muir the Gallo more,
the Cornish and Breton NOR. Other cog
mates are the Latin mare. Gothic marei,
both meaning the sea- Old Morse MARI
Old High German meri, Anslo-saxon mere. |
meaning sea and lake, The English
mere; the Old sIavonic morje, sea- the
Lithuanian mares, gulf the Greek sAmphi-
maros. d son Of Poseidon' and bryx (for |
mryxl. abyss of the sea-; the eans.xrft |
marya, the sea- which is found ia marya- |
da. 'see-coast' and the Prakrit nairae. sea- |
The deuterotheme is the cymrie CAM |
shining, white The same root appears in |
the Old Breton cant, hoary.' Middle Breton |
cam. full Moon.f Celtic canto-bennicua |
'white-head.' q mountain in Auvergne, the |
Irish condud. 'nrewood cymrie cynnen.
to kindle and cynnud. fuel. Cornish |
eunys and Middle Breton queuneudenn. |
fuel Latin candeos shine candida can