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ArchivesRe: "Ala" (Germam?) is this related to "Ailmar"?? meanings?
in reply to a message by Mark Cooke
Ala is Germanic for "all". Click on Alaric for an example of the element in use.
Ailmar may derive from Germanic ala or al "all" and meri "famous" or possibly even marah "horse". Thus, I would give an educated guess of "all famous" ("very famous", perhaps, in intent) for Ailmar's meaning. Alternatively, Ailmar could be a variant of Aylmer, which has Old English roots.
EDIT: + Aylmer possibility.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
Ailmar may derive from Germanic ala or al "all" and meri "famous" or possibly even marah "horse". Thus, I would give an educated guess of "all famous" ("very famous", perhaps, in intent) for Ailmar's meaning. Alternatively, Ailmar could be a variant of Aylmer, which has Old English roots.
EDIT: + Aylmer possibility.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
This message was edited 2/20/2005, 5:38 AM
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