Burn (body of water)
The term Burn referred in northeast England , Scotland and the region Otago in New Zealand a water course, the size of a small stream to a river reaches.
The term comes from North Humbrian , a dialect of Old English .
In New Zealand, the term was introduced by the Northumbrian surveyor John Turnbull Thomson , who explored and mapped a large part of the South Island.
In the newer English language, "bourne" or "bourn" is a corresponding term that can be found in the name of the city of Bournemouth .
In the German language, the word “Born” in its meaning “Brunnen”, but also “water” in general, is a related term.
Individual evidence
- ↑ bourn . In: Online Etymology Dictionary
- ↑ Born. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 2 : Beer murderer – D - (II). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1860, Sp. 243 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ). Born . In: Johann Christoph Adelung : Grammatical-critical dictionary of the High German dialect . Volume 1, Col. 1127